Amherst Early Music Festival 2023

About the Festival

Directed by Frances Blaker
July 2-9, and 9-16, 2023
Central Program Classes both weeks, with classes available for most early music instruments.
Baroque Academy Opera Project*, July 2-9
Ensemble Singing Intensive Program*, July 9-16
Historical Dance Program, July 2-9
Choral Workshop with Kent Tritle, July 9-16
New London Assembly, July 9-16
Tuition $695 per week
See website for Room and Board options, and complete list of faculty!

The heart of the Festival is the Central Program. It is the largest and most varied program we offer, with classes available for most early music instruments, and music ranging from Medieval to Baroque. You can choose the combination of classes that works for you — perfect if, like some of our students, you sing or dance and play an instrument or two. Play in consorts of like or mixed instruments, investigate a new repertory, take a dance class, or begin a new instrument. Pitch: most classes will be at a=440. Viol-only and most Baroque ensemble classes will be at a=415.

*Audition due date of April 1 for Singers, April 15 for instrumentalists.