36 Seasons of Early Music
in the Finger Lakes and Central New York

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.

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.

Pre-concert talk by Paul O'Dette at 6:45pm

Suggested parking in Syracuse: The Fayette Street Garage, Galleries Parking Lot,...

Julie Andrijeski, violin and quinton, 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.

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.

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,...