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Play-in for All: Celebratory Consorts Sunday, September 27 from 2:00-4:00pm Powers Music School, 160 Lexington St, Belmont, MA. https://powersmusic.org/

Announcing our 50th Anniversary Event Schedule! Please mark your calendars and watch for more information about each of the following events taking place in the 2026-27 season.

Applications are now open for the next round of Silbiger Grants. This grant now provides support of $200 per viol player for performances and worship services featuring voices and viols during the 2026-2027 academic year. The deadline to apply is May 15, with notification of the results by June 1.

We are pleased to announce this year’s Silbiger Grant recipients! Loren Ludwig and colleagues will present music for voices and viols from c.1800 from the Northampton area, performed on New England viols built in the early 1800s. Made in the Valley: 19th-C. Music for Viols and Voices from the Connecticut River Valley October 18, 2025 […]

Applications are now open for the next round of Silbiger Grants. This grant now provides support of $200 per viol player for performances and worship services featuring voices and viols during the 2025-2026 academic year. The deadline to apply is May 15, with notification of the results by June 22.

We are pleased to announce this year’s recipients of the Silbiger Grant! The Longy School of Music Viol Consort will present a program of music by Jewish composers this fall. The performance will take place at Kehillat Israel located at 348 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA on November 17th at 3pm. The consort consists of viol […]

On Saturday September 7, join the Upper Valley Music Center in Lebanon NH for a day immersed in early music, led by UVMC’s own Chris Rua, along with guest musicians Jane Hershey and Dan Meyers. Early music lovers are invited to spend a day learning, playing, and enjoying great music on recorder and viola da […]

Applications are now open for the next round of Silbiger Grants. This grant now provides support of $200 per viol player for performances and worship services featuring voices and viols during the 2024-2025 academic year. The committee has decided to modify the timeline, moving the deadline to June 1.

On Saturday October 28, Ensemble Halcyon will present a one day Early Music workshop and concert at the Upper Valley Music Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire. The presenters will be Jane Hershey, Chris Rua, and Sarah Cantor. Classes of interest to viol players will include advanced renaissance mixed consort, beginning viol, viol consort, large ensemble […]

The New Haven-based Elm City Consort will collaborate with the vocal ensemble, The New Consort, in a program of sacred and devotional music by William Byrd called To Ornament Things Divine, celebrating the composer in the 400th year since his death. This project is the recipient of the 2023-2024 Silbiger Grant from the VdGS-NE. The […]