The Early Music Guild presents music from the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque eras played on period instruments in historically informed performance styles.

2008-2009 Season

For 32 Years Early Music Guild has brought the greatest performers of medieval, Renaissance and baroque music to Seattle audiences.  Baroque opera returns to Seattle this season, with three performances of Claudio Monteverdi’s masterpiece L’Orfeo in the historic Moore Theatre.  Our International Series features another season of world-renowned artists, including Ensemble La Rota, Jaap ter Linden, Piffaro, The Tallis Scholars, and Ensemble Caprice. All performances will take. Our popular Early Music Discovery concerts continue in the Downstairs at Town Hall featuring Ensemble La Rota, Maxine Eilander, baroque harp, and Ingrid Matthews, baroque violin. They bring unusual, informal, and educational performances of early music to concertgoers of all ages.

As a service to the community, the Guild maintains a Calendar of Early Music Concerts in the Seattle area.

What is Early Music?

• Early Music is the ancestor of today's classical music. It is music from the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque and early Classical eras, from A.D. 850 to 1850.
• It is music played on period instruments, like recorders, viols, lutes, sackbuts, and harpsichords, and sung with agility, lightness, and purity of sound.
• It is important not just because of the seeds it planted for the future; this music is exciting and fresh, with a different palette of sound and a free, improvisatory character.

Why Attend an Early Music Guild Concert?

• The Early Music Guild brings you the best artists from around the world: ensembles from England, Holland, Germany, Italy, France, Canada, and of course, all over the United States.
• The music is exciting and vital.  The performers combine their deep insight of the music and its history with passionate commitment and a fresh approach for performances that are vibrant and alive.
• Friendly, informal pre-concert lectures help acquaint you with the music in its cultural and historical context.

 
Thanks to KING-FM for their 
help in presenting these concerts.