Here’s the lineup for the 2025 Cincinnati Early Music Festival! Click on an event to see more information. (Looking for the year-round early music schedule? Click here.)
Love singing early music? Let’s do it together! All are welcome to join. Bring a smartphone or tablet if you have one, and be sure to RSVP so we can have enough music and coffee to go around.
Co-directors Reina Dickey and Brett Scott present the North American premiere of newly discovered gems of Portuguese Polyphony, performed by local professionals.
Chicago YouTube sensation Brandon Jack Acker and CCM Professor Dr. Christopher Wilke perform a thrilling concert of rare duets for theorbo and baroque guitar!
7HB continues their 2024-2025 season with “The Four Elements: Water.” Explore the movement and mystery of life-giving water through music: gently rolling rivers, tempestuous storms at sea, icy realms, and flowing tears of both joy and sadness.
Co-directors Reina Dickey and Brett Scott present the North American premiere of newly discovered gems of Portuguese Polyphony, performed by local professionals. After the service, the group will perform additional selections of sacred polyphony.
Moyen Age and Heri et Hodie present a joint concert of Jewish vocal and instrumental music from the Medieval period as well as a healthy dose of the Sephardic.
CCM professor Michael Unger will perform a solo harpsichord concert of repertoire by Johann Sebastian Bach and François Couperin.
Drs. Micaela Schmitz and Michael Unger present a day of talks and demonstrations on early keyboards that will conclude with a concert by the two presenters. Keyboard players will have opportunities to try their hand at the various instruments.
Ars Perpetuum brings you music from early 17th Century Italy for Baroque Harp, Bass and Tenor Sackbuts, Cornetto and recorder played on period instruments featuring instrumental Canzoni by Girolamo Frescobaldi, Bartolome de Selma y Salaverde, and others.
This recital for Two Violas d'Amore and Harpsichord features such famous pieces as Partia VII for Two Violas d’Amore and Basso by Biber as well as lesser-known compositions by Schuchbauer, Huberty, and Casadesus.
Rather than a single group, this Tapestry Concert will feature a variety of musicians from around Cincinnati performing early music sets of their choosing. Join us to celebrate the diverse talents of our Cincinnati early music community!
Collegium with perform Brandenburg Concertos 2 and 5 and Bach’s Jesu Meine Freude for the 2025 Early Music Festival. Featuring Harpsichordist Michael Unger and Ashley Hall-Tigue, trumpet.
In the solemn ambiance of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, the Bach Ensemble Orchestra, Chorale, and St. Thomas Choristers will perform selections from Byrd, Bruckner, and Bach.
Join us at The Loon in Northside for our yearly Early Music Rev! Some of the best music from the Baroque and earlier can be enjoyed in a lively bar environment.
Join Cincinnati Camerata and Heri et Hodie for a program of early music featuring Carissimi's Jephte.
