Atlanta Early Music Alliance

Saturday, May 16 at 12pm ET/9am PT as part of EMA's America250 Mini-Summit
"Commemorating Early American in Times of Trouble"
Pay-what-you-can registration (earlymusicamerica.org/mini-summit)

Bloomington Early Music Festival is one of the few early music presenters in the US centering a festival program on the 250th anniversary of Early America’s call for independence. As an organization that has in recent years focused our efforts on giving visibility to groups that have been historically and musically underrepresented, this seemed a natural fit for BLEMF.

Nonetheless, many questions arose, from navigating diminishing funding sources and framing the festival for a politically divided audience, to the definition of “Early America” itself and what it means to commemorate ideals expressed by this “cry for freedom” in context of an Early Modern colonial society.

This panel comprises past and present BLEMF artists, board members, and scholars who are deeply immersed in these practical, ideological, historical, and of course, musical considerations. We will address difficult questions head on about planning and programming; representation, repertoire, and the beginnings of an “American” sound. We will look if not for definitive answers, then for better understanding of what’s at stake, what there is to gain as artists and what there is to offer our audience.

Bernard Gordillo, Visiting Scholar, University of California, Riverside
Carolann Buff, Associate Professor of Music at Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University
Jean Bernard Cerin, Assistant Professor of Music, Cornell University
Dominic Giardino, Membership Manager, Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York
Suzanne Ryan Melamed (moderator), President & CEO, Bloomington Early Music

AEMA will be holding board elections in June, and we are looking for candidates who are passionate about early music. The board meets virtually (and sometimes in person), and our primary work is to assist in producing the Mid-Winter Workshop in January, promote early music events around town, and award performance grants. If elected, you will serve a three-year term that is renewable once for a total of six years. If you are interested or have any questions, please email Wanda Yang Temko, AEMA President, at [email protected]. Thank you!

Happy New Year all!!! There is a place for you at our Mid-Winter Workshop, January 23-25, 2026 at Dickerson Middle School.

Register now!!

Mid-Winter Workshop | AEMA The 23rd annual workshop with early and newer music for Recorders, Brass, Viols and other “early” instruments will be held at Dickerson Middle School. This workshop is sponsored by the Atlanta Early Music Alliance (AEMA) and the Atlanta Chapter of the American Recorder Society (ARS-Atlanta) and ...

Mid-Winter workshop 2026 registration is open! Full info here; her look forward to seeing you January 23-25!

Mid-Winter Workshop | AEMA The 23rd annual workshop with early and newer music for Recorders, Brass, Viols and other “early” instruments will be held at Dickerson Middle School. This workshop is sponsored by the Atlanta Early Music Alliance (AEMA) and the Atlanta Chapter of the American Recorder Society (ARS-Atlanta) and ...

Here are two wonderful concerts coming up in the next few weeks!

Here is our chance to see this STUNNING masterwork with and for our own Atlanta early music community! See you this weekend!

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Here's a note from the wonderful Jody Miller:

Dear Friends,

The American Recorder Society Board of Directors will be holding their semi-annual Board meeting here in Atlanta this weekend. The Saturday portion of the meeting will include a playing session open to local recorder players (and others who generally play in groups with recorder players).

Gwyn Roberts and Phil Hollar will be leading the playing session and music will be provided. Please bring a music stand and the instruments you plan to play.

Saturday, March 29, 2025
6:00–7:30 pm
Atlanta Speech School
3160 Northside Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30327

We do hope you can join us. Please email me with any questions.

Jody Miller, Vice President
American Recorder Society
[email protected]

Happy New Year, early music peeps! Registration for this year's Mid-Winter Workshop is still open!

Take a look at the schedule and join us!

Mid-Winter Workshop | AEMA The 22nd annual workshop with early and newer music for Recorders, Brass, Viols and other “early” instruments will be held at Dickerson Middle School. This workshop is sponsored by the Atlanta Early Music Alliance (AEMA) and the Atlanta Chapter of the American Recorder Society (ARS-Atlanta) and ...

Registration for Mid-Winter 2025 is now open! https://www.atlema.org/mid-winter-workshop

Mark it on your calendar! (It is on ours!)

Join us on Dec. 7th, 3:00 pm at St. Barnabas Anglican Church as we present our best concert yet in celebration of the group’s 5 year Anniversary. You won’t want to miss this special festive concert that will fill you with holiday cheer! More details coming soon.