Established in 1960 by Kenneth Gilbert, the Early Music Program at McGill's Schulich School of Music听combines individual lessons and ensemble training with the study of historical approaches to performance.
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Our students regularly听participate in workshops, master classes, guest lectures and research projects. Each year, we produce a fully staged Baroque Opera with the Opera Area.
Students in our ensembles and programs have access to an important collection of early instruments and historical copies from the 15th century to the early 19th century, including more than 15听harpsichords, organs, sackbuts, cornetti, flutes, oboes, clarinets, horns, bassoons, viols, and more than a dozen baroque string instruments.听
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Undergraduate
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Graduate
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Early Music听 & & Harpsichord Area Faculty
Area Coordinator: Prof.听Elizaveta Miller
Complete faculty listing: Early Music & Harpsichord Area
Voice Faculty profiles (Students in Early Music Voice may study with any Voice Area professor).
Early Music Area ensembles include:
For a complete list of the School's ensembles, with descriptions and audition information, visit听our Ensembles听webpages.
