An interactive exploration of early music and instruments, led by music educator Terry Fonda Smith. The one hour program will be followed by an “instrument petting zoo” – a guided opportunity to try the instruments from the concert – and a reception with healthy snacks, thanks to support from Wegmans.

Newly-formed medieval ensemble Scivias performs hymns, songs, and motets to celebrate the Virgin Mary.

The capstone of the Early Music Festival, our Gala Concert celebrates the diversity of early music in the glorious acoustic environment of St. Anne Church.

What could be better than Beer and Song? The Flower City Beer Choir singing Early Music! You can download a copy of the Beer Choir songbook customized for this REMF event.

Schola Cantorum of Christ Church (Stephen Kennedy, Director) sings the Compline service.

Songs, airs, sonatas, and a coffee aria by Julie Pinel, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Nicolas Bernier, and more.

Program will feature members of chamber ensemble Ogni Sorti, performing keyboard trios by Carl Friedrich Abel (1723 – 1787) and Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). Rounding out the program will be the Bach Second Suite for Sello by J.S. Bach, a mentor and friend to Abel.

Caroline Robinson, Harpsichord
Glenna Curren, Baroque Cello
Aika Ito, Baroque Violin

Ticket prices: $15 general admission, $5 students, free for kids under 12.

Minuets, theatre dance, and English country dance danced by us and maybe some by you too. Live baroque music, of course.

A baroque string workshop taught by faculty of the Eastman Community Music School in conjunction with the Rochester Early Music Festival.

The diverse glories of J. S. Bach's music soar in this program, which features a flute sonata, a a gamba sonata, a duet from Cantata 140, and a triple concerto. Enhanced with insightful narration, this recital is sure to move as well as edify the listener.

In collaboration with the American Literary Translators Association annual conference, the Rochester Early Music Festival (REMF) offers a concert of early vocal music performed by chamber choir Musica Spei. Musical selections will be presented as original poetic text, sung text, and in new translation, celebrating the theme of "Sight and Sound" that focuses this year's ALTA conference and enlivening this Medieval and Renaissance musical repertoire with modern translated meaning.

More information about the ALTA organization and conference may be found on their website.

A concert featuring music from 4 countries. After some time in the French countryside with Jean-Philippe Rameau, we journey to bustling Rome to hear the works of Corelli and Froberger. Then, after visiting the home of J.S Bach to hear him improvise, we are off to Spain to hear a Fandango by Felix Maximo Lopez

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Lost is My Quiet: Love Songs for Voices, Guitar, and Theorbo presents songs of Barbara Strozzi and Henry Purcell as well as music for solo guitar, exemplifying the fiery and passionate love songs of the Baroque period.

This exclusive fundraising event will be hosted by Musica Spei in a beautiful private home overlooking Downtown Rochester! Enjoy pairings of food and beer guided by a local expert in fine malt beverages, while a variety of musicians entertains you—all for a good cause!