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Southern California's local
source for early music since 1976.
Bach Collegium San Diego
Historically informed performances and educational programs featuring repertoire from the Renaissance, Baroque, and early Classical eras. Website.
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The Chapel of Charlemagne
Founded by Dr. Robert M. Fowells in 1984, the ensemble, which specializes in the interpretation and performance of Gregorian chant, is the choir for the Los Angeles Gregorian Institute at the Roger Wagner Center of CSULA. Facebook.
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Con Gioia Early Music Ensemble
Founder-Director and harpsichordist Preethi de Silva plans an exhilirating season of baroque and classical music on historical instruments featuring the finest local and international artists. Website.
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The resident, faculty period-instrument ensemble, directed by harpsichordist Robert Zappulla, of Claremont Graduate University. Webpage.
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A Los Angeles-based vocal ensemble dedicated to revitalizing music of the Medieval, Renaissance and early Baroque periods. Website.
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Los Angeles Baroque Players
Founded in 1983, the ensemble performs on period instruments or replicas of instruments used in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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Los Angeles Baroque (LAB)
Founded in 2016 as an ensemble for dedicated community musicians to explore repertoire, learn Baroque playing style and perform. Website.
Both orchestra and chamber ensemble are dedicated to historically informed performances of Renaissance and Baroque music. Website.
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Musica Humana
UCLA's early music collective of students and members of the UCLA community concerts explores the many sonic worlds of the Renaissance.
New World Baroque Orchestra
Performs historical music, song and dance of the colonial missions, presidios and outposts of Spanish-California and the frontier regions of New Spain. Website.
Suitte Royale
With its debut performance in January 2017, the instrumental trio performs music of the Baroque and beyond. Email.
St. George Early Music Consort
The ensemble of the Guild of St. George specializes in music of the Elizabethan period presented in both costume and character. Website.
Tesserae
Formed in 2010, Tesserae combines instruments from various Renaissance consort families (violin, viol, and brass) and explores some of the most beautiful repertoire of the time, from the intimate chamber music of the early 17th century to the splendor of large-scale Venetian polychoral music. Website.
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UCLA Early Music Ensemble
Performs a wide range of music from the 17th and 18th centuries. Webpage. Facebook.
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USC Thornton Baroque Sinfonia
The USC Thornton School's period-instrument ensemble, led by Adam Gilbert, specializes in music from the seventeenth- through mid-eighteenth century. Webpage.
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Wessex Consort
The consort of seven musicians play modern reproductions of historical instruments to recreate a late 16th century European music ensemble. Website.