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EMV presents a series of early music concerts each year by local and touring artists in Calgary, AB. Check out our current season!

22/09/2026

Join us on Saturday, September 26th, at 7:30 pm to begin our 2026-2027 season with Il Gioco Della Cieca, featuring the ensemble Concerto di Margherita! Five musicians will blend their voices and historical instruments—lutes, guitars, harp, and viola da gamba— into a kaleidoscopic sound world!

Founded in 2014 in Basel, the ensemble revives self-accompanied singing, emulating the late-1500s Concerto delle donne group under Margherita Gonzaga. Supported by Eeemerging and the REMA network, they perform across Europe and toured Colombia in 2021. Their 2022 debut album, Il gioco della cieca, received top reviews and was broadcast across Europe. Through constant research and experimentation, the ensemble brings new life to the European Renaissance repertoire. Drawing on masterpieces by Monteverdi, Wert, and Gastoldi, Concerto di Margherita offers ravishing arrangements that restore a long-lost musical practice!

Saturday, September 26th, 7:30 pm
Christ Church Elbow Park
3602 8th Street SW
Tickets available at the door or online at earlymusicvoices.ca

21/09/2026

We are excited to announce the Early Music Voices 2026-2027 concert season!
EMV has crafted an enchanting lineup of performances, opening with Il Gioco Della Cieca on Saturday, September 26th!
The season promises a vibrant, enriching selection of concerts from local and international artists eager to share their love of early music with the Calgary community!
Explore the full season lineup and get your tickets today at earlymusicvoices.ca.
Season subscriptions are available until October 23rd, 2026—subscribe today!
We look forward to gathering again for another season of incredible music with the EMV community!

20/06/2026

Join us on 20 June for our Garden Party celebrating the Calgary early music community!

Professional, emerging, and mature singers and players have been invited to share music through a series of pop-up performances throughout the event, including voices, organ, harpsichord, lute, virginal, and recorder — gathering indoors and outdoors, weather permitting!
Enjoy tea, coffee, banana bread, and other treats while listening to music and hea hearing about plans for many exciting early music events next season.

This event is free of charge.

15/04/2026

Join us for our season finale concert!

returns with another fascinating cross-cultural musical exploration featuring director Kiya Tabassian with Didem Basar and Patrick Graham. They will bring us on a journey with musical treasures from medieval Spanish and Italian repertoire to Persian music from the 16th and 17th centuries, plus a few original compositions based on 13th-century Persian poetry.

Sunday, May 3, 2026 at 3 PM
Christ Church Elbow Park (3602 8th St SW, Calgary)

Tickets available at the door or online at earlymusicvoices.ca.

12/03/2026

Our friend Calgary Bach Society presents an afternoon of choral and organ music exploring the influence of the Italian Baroque on composers like J.S. Bach and Handel.

The program features works by Lotti, Pitoni, Palestrina, Vivaldi, Strozzi, Marcello, and Schubert, with guest sopranos Hannah Pagenkopf & Lauren Woods and organist Gary Tong performing Bach’s transcription of a Vivaldi concerto.

A perfect concert for lovers of Baroque music and first-time listeners alike!

More information and tickets through Calgary Bach Choir’s website at https://www.calgarybachsociety.com/

06/03/2026

How closely can an instrument resemble the human voice?

Join us this Sunday as trombonist Maximilien Brisson (Montréal) performs expressive early baroque laments with harpsichordist Christophe Gauthier and organist Luc Beauséjour. Calgary soprano Hannah Pagenkopf - Soprano joins the ensemble for a program exploring the remarkable connection between voice and instrument in 17th-century music.

Scorrete lagrime mie
Sunday, March 8, 2026 | 3 PM | Christ Church Elbow Park

More info & tickets: https://www.polariscentre.ca/emv #

05/03/2026

Spend an afternoon immersed in the evocative sounds of early Italian Baroque music at Scorrete lagrime mie!

Trombonist Maximilien Brisson, with harpsichordist Christophe Gauthier, organist Luc Beauséjour, and guest soprano Hannah Pagenkopf, will present a programme including works by Barbara Strozzi, Francesca Caccini, Sigismondo d'India, and Giovanni Battista.
This programme explores the connection between voice and instrument, both through their interaction and in the solo exploration of an instrument's capacity to evoke qualities of the voice, exemplified by the sackbut, the early form of the trombone.

Sunday March 8th, 3:00pm
Christ Church Elbow Park
3602 8th St SW
Tickets available at the door or online at earlymusicvoices.ca

04/02/2026

Need a midday pause? Step back in time with us!

This Wednesday, we’re presenting a FREE noon-hour concert with voices and period instruments — lute, baroque cello, and organ—performing music by John Dowland, J.S. Bach, and more.

When: Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026 | 12–1 p.m.
Where: Cathedral Church of the Redeemer, Calgary

Perfect for anyone curious about early music—or already in love with it. Come hear Calgary’s finest early music specialists bring the past to life!

More info: https://www.proartssociety.ca/early-music-voices/

10/01/2026

Join us tonight for an enchanting concert from Switzerland's Ensemble Pampinea!

January 10th at 7:30pm, Christ Church Elbow Park

May Fortuna lead you to this magical performance!

07/01/2026

Join Ensemble Pampinea (Switzerland) for an evening of medieval music from the Ars Nova and Ars Subtilior, while you, the audience, take up the role of Fortuna and decide their fate!

Let Fortuna lead you to Christ Church Elbow Park on January 10th at 7:30 pm for EMV's first concert of 2026! For this concert only, we are offering a special deal, BOGO for friends who have never been to an EMV performance! Available at the door only.

January 10th, 7:30pm
Christ Church Elbow Park
Tickets available at the door, or online at earlymusicvoices.ca

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