CELEBRATION:

THE FIRST ROCHESTER EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL

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Twelve of Rochester's leading early music ensembles join together for the first time for the performances of five centuries of music, ranging from Gregorian chant and vocal music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance to instrumental and vocal music of the Baroque.

Opening Night

Thursday, November 8th at 7:30 pm
Memorial Art Gallery Auditorium
500 University Avenue, Rochester

Special Honored Guest: Mayor William A. Johnson, Jr.
Proclamation: Early Music Festival Week in Rochester, New York

Doctor, We Will Be Operating Using Original Instruments
Thomas Folan (Director, The Publick Musick, Rochester Bach Festival)

Concert Preview
Cantar e Sonar, Musica Spei, Musica Transatlantica, Pegasus

Josquin: A Musical Detective Story
(Patrick Macey, Professor of Musicology and Acting Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester)

Concert Programs

Friday, November 9th at 8 pm
Saint Anne Church
1600 Mount Hope Avenue, Rochester

Cantar e Sonar, The Genesee Consort,
Musica Spei, Pegasus (debut), Rochester Bach Festival
Schola Cantorum of Christ Church

Saturday, November 10th at 8 pm
Saint Anne Church
1600 Mount Hope Avenue, Rochester

Air de Cour, Eastman Collegium Musicum,
Musica Transatlantica, The Publick Musick,
Schola Feminarum, SONUM

This festival is partially funded by a grant to Musica Spei from The New York State Legislature, The New York State Council On The Arts, and The Arts And Cultural Council For Greater Rochester

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