2025-2026 Concert Series
Darpana: Mirroring Traditions of Raga & Harmony
October 19, 2025
@ 4 pm ET
An innovative cross-cultural collaboration between two distinct classical music traditions — European medieval to baroque music, and classical Indian music. We’ll explore the connections and contrasts between these two musical worlds, their shared values of beauty and virtuosity, and the deep cultural histories they represent. The program, happening the day before the Indian holiday of […]
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The Holly, the Ivy, and the Rose
December 14, 2025
@ 4 pm ET
Carols for the season from medieval and renaissance England, including music by King Henry VIII. pre-concert talk at 3:15pm The concert will be about 80 minutes without an intermission. Downtown United Presbyterian Church, 121 N. Fitzhugh Street, Rochester, 14614
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Songs Old and New
February 8, 2026
@ 4 pm ET
Dowland Mini-Festival Part 1: Commemorating the 400th anniversary of the death of John Dowland in February 1626 Songs Old and New features voices, lutes, and viola da gamba, alongside newly commissioned works by Jonathan Woody that place modern music in conversation with Dowland’s timeless musical miniatures. You’ll hear favorites such as Come Again Sweet Love, Flow […]
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Paul O’Dette, lute: Mr. Dowland’s Midnight
February 22, 2026
@ 4 pm ET
Dowland Mini-Festival Part 2: Commemorating the 400th anniversary of the death of John Dowland in February 1626 The many moods of Dowland, merry to melancholic, played by our local world-renowned lute maestro. “…should I come to meet Saint Peter at the pearly gates, I hope he will say, ‘Welcome, good and faithful servant! By the […]
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Resurrexit!
April 19, 2026
@ 4 pm ET
Glorious 17th century Italian music for cornetto and voice, reflecting the power of the human spirit. Music of Monteverdi, Schutz, Cozzolani, Cazzati, and more.
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Talented New Artists
Our concert series featuring young up-and-coming virtuosos of the early music world. Casual, cool, accessible, free!
This year, hear baroque chamber music by In Nomine and solo lute music from Charles Iner.
