Local Early Music Ensembles​

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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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Baroque Bliss

Director Dr. Marischka Hopcroft specializes in music of the Baroque France, performing on historical instrument, with unique programming including use of the musette bagpipe. Facebook: Baroque Bliss

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Con Gioia Early Music Ensemble

Founder-Director and harpsichordist Preethi de Silva plans an exhilarating season of baroque and classical music on historical instruments featuring the finest local and international artists.  Website.

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Desert Baroque

Desert Baroque presents concerts, workshops, master classes and an annual festival featuring the Baroque and early Classical keyboard instruments in various locations in the Coachella Valley.  Email. Website. Facebook. 

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Guts Baroque

Guts Baroque brings beautiful and unusual music from the 17th and 18th centuries to your ears. We are passionate about playing early music on period instruments and are constantly discovering new repertoire to play for you. Sylvia Schwartz, baroque violin, and John Ott, viola da gamba & baroque cello.  Website.

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Jouyssance

A Los Angeles-based vocal ensemble dedicated to revitalizing music of the Medieval, Renaissance and early Baroque periods. Website.

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Kontrapunktus
A conductorless orchestra comprised primarily of Colburn School classical musicians under the direction of the acclaimed harpsichordist, Ian Pritchard, who perform a unique repertoire of Baroque music intended to captivate and inspire people from all walks through their exemplary talent and sublime artistry.  Website.

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L.A. Camerata

Strives to tell the stories of early-modern women and "other" underrepresented voices through historically-informed musical and dramatic performances. Email. Website. Facebook. Instagram. Twitter.

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 L'Esprit Baroque

L’Esprit Baroque performs rarely-heard Baroque cantatas and chamber music for voices and period instruments in California and beyond. Website.

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Les Plaisirs Champetre

Duo Bruce Teter and Curtis Berak perform on authentic antique period instruments musette (French baroque bagpipe) and viele a roue (French baroque hurdy gurdy) presenting duets specifically written for these unique and technologically advanced instruments. Facebook: Les Plaisirs Champetre

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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.

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​Los Goytx

A Medieval music ensemble directed by Bruce Teter, performs on histirical instruments including bagpipe, symphony (hurdy gurdy), vielle (fiddle), recorders, hammer dulcimer, organ, percussion. Facebook: Los Goytx

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Musica Angelica

Both orchestra and chamber ensemble are dedicated to historically informed performances of Renaissance and Baroque music. Website.

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The Seraphim Vocal Ensemble

A professional group who share a love for the style of early music, performing concerts in the South Bay and Los Angeles areas. Email.

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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.