early music

If you’ve been to an orchestra or band concert before, then you’ve seen the usual concert routine. But Scott Jones, professor and associate director of bands at the Ohio State University School of Music, is crafting performances with one of his ensembles differently these days. And the results are anything but predictable.

Columbus’ resident early music ensemble, The Early Interval, brings the holiday season to a close with a Twelfth Night concert featuring exquisite music composed by women in the convents of 16th- and 17th-century Italy.

For Christa Patton, the medieval bray harp may look old, but it’s hardly old-fashioned.“I like to describe it as the electric guitar of the 14th century,” said Patton, a historical harpist and wind instrumentalist.

It’s been a year of canceled concerts, scratched plans, and vanished dreams for The Early Interval, Columbus’ resident early music ensemble.

Some delicious musical festivities are firing up, and you can take part online.This weekend, Early Music in Columbus presents The Early Interval in an…

Routine is great, but once in a while it’s good to leave the box of familiarity and do something a tad off-plumb.Enter Red Priest.The British baroque…

“I think of her as the Beyoncé of the Baroque.”That’s Early Interval soprano Elizabeth McConnaughey’s take on Barbara Strozzi, a woman who, centuries ago,…

Two of the world’s finest lutenists stopped by the Classical 101 studio recently for a jam session. You might say there were strings attached.Paul O’Dette…

Amidst all the excellent recordings that received Grammy Awards this past weekend, an Ohio favorite ensemble took top honors in an important category.…

It’s the kind of drama that, well, drama is made of.Before Joan of Arc was immortalized as a saint, she was an illiterate peasant mystic who heard the…