April 2026
Sunday, April 19, 2026, 2:00 PM (San Gabriel)
USC Collegium Musicum :“French Chansons, Airs de Cour, and Devotional Songs”
Directed by Jason Yoshida
Music by Charpentier, Couperin, Destouches, Guedron and spirituel airs from the New Orleans Ursuline manuscript of 1736. Featuring recorder players, USC singers, lute and theorbo players and the USC Baroque oboe band (including oboes, Caccia and Baroque bassoon).
Mission San Gabriel Arcángel 427 South Junipero Serra Drive, Dr. San Gabriel, CA, 91776
SATURDAY, April 25th (South Los Angeles)
Early Modern Women’s Music Workshop
L.A. Camerata Artistic Director Marylin Winkle leads a day of workshops exploring music by women composers in the 16th and 17th centuries. Three workshop sessions will be offered, targeting instrumental/vocal disciplines, maximizing opportunities for participation.
The cost to participate is PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN, with suggested donation levels of $35 per workshop session or $90 for the full day (with snacks and lunch included). Currently-enrolled students may participate for free.
All workshop sessions will be at A=415. The full schedule will be as follows:
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10:00-11:30am Instruments Only: Articulating texts without words.
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11:30-12:00 Refreshment Break & Scores Exhibition: Coffee, tea, and light snacks provided. Participants welcome to bring treats to share. Meanwhile, peruse a small exhibit of print editions of music by women composers.
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12:00-1:30 Sacred Music for Voices & Instruments: Bask in the beauty of music by nun composers. All voices and instruments welcome.
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1:30-2:00 Lunch Break & Scores Exhibition: Assorted sandwiches provided and participants encouraged to contribute treats to share. Meanwhile, peruse a small exhibit of print editions of music by women composers.
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2:00-3:30 Secular Music for Voices & Instruments: Cupid’s piercing arrows, living roses, lilting zephyrs… come enjoy the ways in which women set these vivid texts. All voices and instruments welcome.
Location: Private Residence in Vermont Square Park, 1317 W. 51st Street / Los Angeles, CA 90037. Free street parking available in the neighborhood.
Registration Link:
Website: https://www.losangelescamerata.org/seasonevents
April 26 at 7:30pm (Pasadena)
Tallis Scholars : Victoria's Missa O Magnum Mysterium and other works
The Grammy award winning Tallis Scholars return from the UK for their 4th visit to St. Andrew and their only concert in Southern California.
A captivating program centered around Victoria's Missa O Magnum Mysterium. Described by the Washington Post as one of the world's premier vocal ensembles, the Tallis Scholars bring their acclaimed sound to St. Andrew with a luminous Easter season program. The concert traces stories of wonder and revelation, from Christ's birth to resurrection. Victoria's seminal Missa O Magnum Mysterium, celebrating the miracle of the virgin birth, is the concert's centerpiece, amplified by motets by Tallis, de Wert and Slovenian composer Jacobus Gallus exploring Christian themes of wonder and awe.
“These ten singers displayed the floating silkiness, light without seeming insubstantial, that has been Tallis’s trademark over its remarkable career” (The New York Times).
“... as near extraterrestrial as you can get sitting in a concert hall” (Fiona Maddocks, The Observer)
Tickets: $42 to $135. To purchase tickets, please visit here.
SCEMS members get discount (discount code for General and Rear seating is: ANDREWMUSICFRIEND)
Please join us to celebrate glorious music at St. Andrew - an architectural masterpiece built in 1927 replicated from Santa Maria in Cosmedin, a church dedicated in 1123 and situated in Rome on the left bank of the Tiber River.
St. Andrew Church 311 North Raymond Avenue Pasadena, CA 91103
Free parking in the lot diagonally across from St. Andrew’s.
May 2026
Friday, May 1, 2026, 8:00 PM
Thornton Baroque Sinfonia: Music of English, Scottish, and American Revolutions
Directed by Adam Gilbert and Jason Yoshida
USC, Newman Recital Hall 700 Childs Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089
Saturday May 2, 2026 7:30 PM (Pasadena)
Musica Transalpina: Echoes of Venice – Musical Treasures from the Graz Court
In 2026, Musica Transalpina commemorates four centuries since the death of Giovanni Priuli, who was Emperor Ferdinand II.’s cherished chapel master. Priuli was one of the most prominent composers to first import baroque musical influences from Venice while working at the Graz court. We are presenting impressive passages from the Graz chorbuch written for four choirs which have never been heard in modern times, and several enormous motets in up to twelve parts from Priuli’s nearly impossible to access Sacrorum Concentuum … pars altera, which was published in 1619: the same year that Emperor Ferdinand moved his court to Vienna –– a process which lasted the Graz court musicians well into 1620. The Graz court was, therefore, the entry point which brought the baroque to Austria, and, from there, throughout rest of Europe.
tickets:$37-$80
Musica Transalpina is registered as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation, and all donations are tax-deductible.
St. Andrew Church 311 North Raymond Avenue Pasadena CA 91103
Free parking in the lot diagonally across from St. Andrew’s.
more info: https://musicatransalpina.org/2026/03/03/graz/
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Credit: Renaissance minstrels in Augsburg (1520). iStock.com/© gameover2012
Early Music Around Town
A timely shortlist of local early music concerts and events.
To view the entire season of concerts and events, consult the current Master Calendar.
Please note that SCEMS does not present or sponsor concerts.
The listings below include early music related concerts and events offered by organizations throughout the Southern California area. Readers are advised to call ahead to verify events, times, and ticket availability, which are subject to change.