36 Seasons of Early Music in the Finger Lakes and Central New York
Our 36th season, 2024-2025!
Tickets now available!
Friday concerts in Syracuse; Saturday concerts in Ithaca
Concerts at 7:30pm; pre-concert talks at 6:45pm
Tickets: Individual tickets $30; Students and low-income $10.
All tickets are general admission; may be used in either Ithaca or Syracuse.
Next! Curiouser & Curiouser
February 21/22, 2025
Julie Andrijeski, virtuoso violinist and lively historian, presents a musical cabinet of curiosities with her Wonder Chamber Project, exploring unusual music and musical instruments. Music for the little-known quinton and violin by Lonati, Biber, Barrière, and more. With Sarah Stone, viola da gamba; Naomi Gregory, harpsichord; Deborah Fox, theorbo.
Friday: Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church, 5299 Jamesville Road, Syracuse | Google Map
Saturday: First Unitarian Society, 306 N. Aurora, Ithaca | Google Map
Monteverdi Vespers of 1610
April 4/5, 2025
The iconic masterpiece, performed here for the first time in ten years! Paul O’Dette conducts twenty-five brilliant NYS Baroque musicians, including singers, trombones, cornettos, strings, and theorbos.
Friday: new venue! Plymouth Congregational Church, 232 East Onondaga St. Syracuse 13202 | Google Map
Saturday: First Presbyterian Church, 315 N. Cayuga Street, Ithaca | Google Map
Marches & Minuets
May 9/10, 2025
Music at the French court and opera around 1700. Experience the unforgettable sounds of the rustic outdoor oboe band and the softer recorder music of the inner chambers.
Friday: Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church, 5299 Jamesville Road, Syracuse | Google Map
Saturday: new venue! First Congregational Church, 309 Highland Rd, Ithaca | Google Map
Already happened:
The Secret Music
September 27/28, 2024
Late 16th century music from the courts of northern Italy, written expressly for special groups of women singers, the concerto delle donne. These trios of women were all the rage, with virtuosic music written expressly for them, some of the first women professional musicians. Music by Luzzaschi, Marenzio, Francesca Caccini, Monteverdi, and more.
Friday: Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church, 5299 Jamesville Road, Syracuse | Google Map
Saturday: First Unitarian Society, 306 N. Aurora, Ithaca | Google Map
Knight Music
October 25/26, 2024
Presenting the Philadelphia-based chamber ensemble Night Music, directed by Heather Miller Lardin (NYS Baroque’s former Artistic Director!) and Steven Zohn, in a special program of music of the high baroque, including Telemann’s rollicking Don Quixote suite, a Quantz flute concerto, and Bach’s beloved Triple Concerto for flute, violin, and harpsichord.
Steven Zohn, flute
Evan Few, Boel Gidholm, Lydia Becker, violins
Amy Leonard, viola; Colleen McGary-Smith, cello
Heather Miller Lardin, violone
Leon Schelhase, harpsichord
Night Music is a Philadelphia-based chamber ensemble dedicated to exploring and performing music of the Revolutionary era, roughly 1760 to 1825. Our repertory ranges from duos and trios to large-scale chamber works combining strings and winds, such as the imaginative symphony arrangements that were so popular around 1800, to concertos, cantatas, and concert arias. Recent highlights include guest appearances on the University of Pennsylvania’s “Music at the Pavilion” Series, PhilaLandmarks Early Music, and Main Line Early Music.
Our musicians are among the country’s leading players specializing in historically-informed performance. They perform with and hold leadership positions in many prominent period-instrument ensembles, including Philadelphia’s Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia Bach Collegium, and Franklin Quartet, and, farther afield, the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, the Handel & Haydn Society, Trinity Baroque Orchestra, Kleine Kammermusik, NYS Baroque, and the Washington Bach Consort.
Friday: Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church, 5299 Jamesville Road, Syracuse | Google Map
Saturday: First Unitarian Society, 306 N. Aurora, Ithaca | Google Map
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Buxtehude in Syracuse
Experience Buxtehude, Bach and Rosenmüller with NYS Baroque
March 2, 2025 | 4 PM
NYS Baroque teams up with soprano Laura Heimes, baritone Jean-Bernard Cerin, and the Syracuse University Hendricks Chapel Choir and University Singers for vocal and instrumental music of the 17th and 18th centuries. Hendricks Chapel, Syracuse University, admission free!
Our next NYS Baroque Young Artist Ensemble coming this season:
In Nomine Ensemble
Friday, February 7, 6:00pm, First Unitarian Universalist, 109 Waring Road, Syracuse
Sunday, February 9, 3:00pm, First Unitarian Society, 306 N. Aurora, Ithaca
Visit our YouTube channel to watch last season’s concerts, and more!
Our Covid-19 Safety Policy for In-Person Events
At this time, masks are strongly encouraged, but not required.
For everyone’s safety, NYS Baroque may require masking and social distancing in seating. If you are feeling ill, please stay home. We will gladly exchange your tickets. Please check our website before the concert for any recent updates to our policy.
