Schola Antiqua of Chicago
Michael Alan Anderson, Artistic Director
"...[their] musicality and sound are beyond question." Karen Cook, Early Music America
"...[their] musicality and sound are beyond question." Karen Cook, Early Music America
The Review is in: Cleveland approves!
We should have known that things were looking good when Schola Antiqua's concert "Machaut's Musical Monuments" was rated the #3 event of the last weekend in April in the great city of Cleveland, Ohio (Taylor Swift was #9)! The founder and editor of clevelandclassical.com wrote this thoughtful review of our April 26 performance. To quote just a bit: "a better argument for the listenability of Machaut's music than Schola Antiqua gave would be difficult to imagine. The eight-voice ensemble (one female soprano, one countertenor, four tenors, and two basses) sang with an attractive straight tone and wonderful tuning, producing clear textures, fleet melismas, and dramatic dynamic contrasts, which brought welcome variety to Machaut's musical repetitions in sections of the Mass." Here is a clip from that memorable performance.
"Tidings True" Concert Series Earns #3 Spot on BBC Top 20 December Concerts in the U.S.
BBC Music Magazine placed Schola Antiqua's "Tiding True" concert series among the top 20 recommended concerts in the United States during the month of December.
We should have known that things were looking good when Schola Antiqua's concert "Machaut's Musical Monuments" was rated the #3 event of the last weekend in April in the great city of Cleveland, Ohio (Taylor Swift was #9)! The founder and editor of clevelandclassical.com wrote this thoughtful review of our April 26 performance. To quote just a bit: "a better argument for the listenability of Machaut's music than Schola Antiqua gave would be difficult to imagine. The eight-voice ensemble (one female soprano, one countertenor, four tenors, and two basses) sang with an attractive straight tone and wonderful tuning, producing clear textures, fleet melismas, and dramatic dynamic contrasts, which brought welcome variety to Machaut's musical repetitions in sections of the Mass." Here is a clip from that memorable performance.
"Tidings True" Concert Series Earns #3 Spot on BBC Top 20 December Concerts in the U.S.
BBC Music Magazine placed Schola Antiqua's "Tiding True" concert series among the top 20 recommended concerts in the United States during the month of December.
Thanks to the dozens of fans that contributed to our Kickstarter campaign to help fund a recording of the music from the upcoming "Tiding True" series.
Check out the campaign video, results, and project updates.
Schola Antiqua Wins 2012 Noah Greenberg Award
We are thrilled to announce that Schola Antiqua has received the 2012 Noah Greenberg Award given by the American Musicological Society. The award, in honor of the founder of the New York Pro Musica, recognizes efforts between scholars and performers to foster outstanding contributions to historical performing practices. Schola Antiqua’s winning proposal, entitled “Sounding the Neumatized Sequence” and organized in collaboration with Prof. Lori Kruckenberg (University of Oregon), seeks to bridge the gap between the research discoveries of medieval musicologists and musical performances of the Latin plainchant repertory.
We are thrilled to announce that Schola Antiqua has received the 2012 Noah Greenberg Award given by the American Musicological Society. The award, in honor of the founder of the New York Pro Musica, recognizes efforts between scholars and performers to foster outstanding contributions to historical performing practices. Schola Antiqua’s winning proposal, entitled “Sounding the Neumatized Sequence” and organized in collaboration with Prof. Lori Kruckenberg (University of Oregon), seeks to bridge the gap between the research discoveries of medieval musicologists and musical performances of the Latin plainchant repertory.
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