Events
“Milwaukee Early Music” with Early Music Now
New Milwaukee Consort presents “Draw neare to me and love me” The Sounds of Home in the 17th Century at United Methodist Church of Whitefish Bay on Thursday, January 18 at 7:00 PM. This concert is part of the inaugural “Milwaukee Early Music” series hosted by Early Music Now featuring professional local musicians. “Draw neare to me and love me” explores the ways that music was part of home life in the 1600s, serving both as a pastime and as a way of measuring, marking, and celebrating the experience of time itself. You will hear music from published collections of songs for voice, lute, and continuo, along with music from handwritten manuscripts documenting the musical learning and collecting of amateur and professional singers and players. Featured pieces will include English lute music and songs compiled for or by musicians Jane Pickeringe and Elizabeth Davenant, and devotional songs composed by German noblewoman Amalia Catharina von Erbach.
Canterbury Concert Series
The New Milwaukee Consort travels to Dixon, IL as special guests of the Canterbury Concert Series. This short program will feature music from two manuscripts compiled near the shores of Lake Como in Northern Italy—one an early 17th-century collection of lute music and the other a late 17th-century collection of unique early cello works, including some beautiful arias with cello obbligato. Also on the program will be excursions to France and England with virtuosic viol works by Antoine Forqueray and Marin Marais, and an aria from Handel’s hit opera, Rinaldo.
Tickets available at the door
Sunday, February, 26, 2023, 5PM-6PM
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 221 West 3rd Street, Dixon, IL
Beer and Baroque with Early Music Now
Join us for Beer and Baroque, sponsored by Early Music Now, at Gathering Place Brewing Company (811 E. Vienna Ave., 53212) on Thursday, January 12th, at 7:00pm.
In this short program, we’ll play music from two manuscripts compiled near the shores of Lake Como in Northern Italy—one an early 17th-century collection of lute music and the other a late 17th-century collection of unique early cello works, including some beautiful arias with cello obbligato. We’ll also throw in some exciting and virtuosic French viol pieces and one of Handel’s greatest hits!
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist
The New Milwaukee Consort returns to the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist with a 30-minute program of Italian Baroque gems. Join this adventurous trio as they explore the late 17th century “Como Manuscript” featuring works by Francesco Ballarotti, Paolo Magni, and Angelo Maria Fioré. Also presented will be rare lute works and the Milwaukee premiere of an Italian cantata by 17th century nun, Isabella Leonarda.
Mark your calendars for Wednesday, November 30th from 12:15-12:45. We look forward to seeing you!
Beer and Baroque at Black Husky Brewing - Encore!
Join us as we return to Black Husky Brewing for an evening of “Beer and Baroque”. This pop-up concert will feature lute, voice, Baroque guitar, and Baroque cello as we bring to life music from the 17th and 18th centuries in the convivial atmosphere of Black Husky Brewing. Dogs are welcome! 909 E. Locust St. Milwaukee, WI
St. Matthias Episcopal Church
Warm your spirits with the New Milwaukee Consort in a program of fiery dances and passionate songs from the French and Italian Baroque, featuring soprano, lute, viola da gamba, Baroque cello, and Baroque guitar. This concert is a fundraising event for the music department of St. Matthias, 111 E. Main Street, Waukesha, WI. Tickets can be purchased at the door or online through https://stmatthiasepiscopalchurch.ticketleap.com/
First Fridays Concert Series
Warm your spirits with the New Milwaukee Consort in a program of fiery dances and passionate songs from the French and Italian Baroque, featuring soprano, lute, viola da gamba, Baroque cello, and Baroque guitar. This concert is part of a free concert series through Grace Lutheran Church, 1209 N. Broadway, Milwaukee, WI. For more information, please visit https://www.gracedowntown.org/upcoming-events/first-fridays/
Songs for a Winter's Night
Songs for a Winter’s Night: Musical stargazing, holiday merriment, and lullabies from early modern Italy and England
Sunday, December 12th at 3:00 P.M. Trinity Episcopal Church, 1717 Church Street, Wauwatosa WI.
Masks are required / Suggested donation of $15
Beer and Baroque at Black Husky Brewing
Join Tim, Kristin, and Charlie at Black Husky Brewing for a brief pop up concert of rollicking Baroque tunes. This free event will be a celebration of Black Husky’s fine beer paired with music by Marin Marais, Tarquinio Merula, Joan Ambrosio Dalza, Antoine Forqueray, Claudio Monteverdi, G. F. Handel and more. 909 East Locust Street, Milwaukee, WI. 6:30 PM - 7:15 PM.
The Sacred Passions of Isabella Leonarda, video lecture by Tim Sterner Miller through Early Music Now
Our resident lute player and musicologist, Tim Sterner Miller, gives a video lecture through Milwaukee’s renown early music presenter, Early Music Now. This lecture can be viewed at anytime and is not a live event. https://www.earlymusicnow.org/lecture-series/tim-sterner-miller/
Tune in while Tim introduces you to the life and music of Isabella Leonarda, placing her in the context of other women composers from the Early Modern Era, and offering a guided tour of her 1676 motet, O flammæ. In this piece, we will see how musical depictions of human passions in the 17th century blurred the lines separating secular and sacred experiences and worldviews, and how composers like Leonarda worked with a set of rhetorical tools that can be unlocked to allow this music to speak to audiences nearly 400 years later. This video includes excerpts from a performance by the New Milwaukee Consort.
Wednesday Concert Series - The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist
Join the New Milwaukee Consort as they present a vivifying, 30-minute, program of Baroque music in Milwaukee’s Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist. The trio will perform a mix of instrumental and vocal music featuring works by Barbara Strozzi, Jacquet de la Guerre, Joan Ambrosio Dalza, and Antoine Forqueray. This lunchtime concert will begin at 12:15 and end by 12:45. Though a free will offering is taken, there is no charge to attend the concert. St. John Cathedral 812 N. Jackson St. Milwaukee, WI 53202.
Please note the following safety precaution language from St. John’s website: Know that we are committed to providing a safe environment for everyone. For your safety and the safety of others, we ask that you wear a face mask when attending concerts. Hand sanitizer is available inside the Cathedral for you to use. For ease of cleaning and disinfecting, the padded chairs have been removed and replaced with plastic chairs. They have been spaced throughout the nave in order to enhance social distancing. The only entrance which will be unlocked is the side ramped entrance off of the staff parking lot. For security reasons the doors will be locked at the beginning of the concerts. Once the doors are closed, no one will be admitted.
Additional information available at https://www.stjohncathedral.org/index.php/wednesday-concert/
Of Women and Wonder at Trinity Episcopal Church
A celebration of the wonders of love and of Christmas with special features by women composers of the 16th and 17th centuries. A collection of songs and dances with voice, Baroque cello, lute, viola da gamba, and Baroque guitar. Free concert with suggested donation of $15.
1717 Church Street, Wauwatosa, WI