EMMO@MOCRA

September 15, 2024 3:00PM

Musical Influences & Adaptations across Europe

A recital of song, dances and variations reflecting the exchange of musical forms and genres in 15th and 16th-century Europe. Repertoire includes music from Spain, France, Italy and England.

Samantha Arten, soprano

Patrick Rafferty, early guitars

Jeffrey Noonan, lutes & theorbo

EMMO Mainstage Concert

October 6, 2024 3:00PM

Virtuosic Variations & Improvisations

Improvising over a structured musical framework is an ancient art. By the early Baroque, this pairing of constancy and fantasy had evolved to include rich, often spectacularly virtuosic variations, some written down and some played ex tempore. St. Louis’s resident recorder master Anne Timberlake and Chicago’s bass violin expert Jeremy Ward explore this exciting repertoire, bringing urgency and vitality to music by Ortiz, Bassano, de Selma, and others.

Anne Tiberlake, Recorders

Jeremy Ward, Baroque Cello

EMMO Mainstage Concert

November 3, 2024 3:00PM

Music by Lully, Corelli & Muffat

EMMo audience favorites Daniel Lee, Samuel Breene & Charles Metz join forces for a concert of 17th-century sonatas and suites that reflect the development of the Baroque string ensemble. The program investigates the innovations of violinists & orchestra leaders Jean Baptiste Lully, Arcangelo Corelli and Georg Muffat.

Daniel Lee & Samuel Breene, violins

Celina Boldrey & Timothy Eshing, violas

Stephanie Hunt, Baroque cello

Charles Metz, harpsichord

Jeffrey Noonan, theorbo & Baroque guitar

EMMO Touring Concert

November 22, 2024 7:00PM

 Suites, Sonatas & Dances for Solo Violin

Celina Boldrey, Baroque Violin

Jeffrey Noonan, archlute, theorbo & Baroque guitar

Grigg Gallery

St. Louis Art Museum

EMMO Touring Concert

November 29, 2024 4:30PM

Members of EMMo Vocal Ensemble
Samantha Arten, Olivia Roland,

Jeffrey Ballard & Kevin Warner

Grigg Gallery

St. Louis Art Museum

EMMO Mainstage Concert

December 7, 2024 7:30PM

Christmas Music from the

High Renaissance

Carols, noels, motets and more! A concert featuring 15th- and 16th-century choral music for the Christmas season. Eight vocalists and an ensemble of strings, recorders and lutes perform music from England, Italy, France and Germany

PLEASE NOTE:

SATURDAY EVENING CONCERT

EMMO Touring Concert

December 13, 2024 7:00PM

 Music for the Christmas Season by

Marc-Antoine Charpentier

EMMo Vocal Ensembe & EMMo Chamber Orchestra

Farrell Auditorium

St. Louis Art Museum

EMMO Mainstage Concert

January 26, 2025 3:00PM

Northern German Sonatas & Cantatas by Schütz, Buxtehude, Biber & Telemann

Un tas de cordes presents seldom-heard chamber works by 17th-century German masters who aren’t Bach. The trio is joined by soprano Samantha Arten for devotional cantatas for solo voice and strings by Schütz and Buxtehude.

Samantha Arten, soprano

Samuel Breene, Baroque violin

Sarah Biber, treble viola da gamba

Jeffrey Noonan, theorbo

EMMO Mainstage Concert

March 2, 2025 3:00PM

Lenten Lessons by

Charpentier and Clérambault

A seasonal concert of moving Lenten Lessons by two 17th-century French masters. Composed for a unique ensemble of three female voices, these works were sung during Holy Week in 17th-century Parisian chapels and churches. Their austerity evokes the darkness of the sacred season while their sheer beauty points to the joys of the Easter Season.

Arianna Aerie & Samantha Arten, sopranos

Olivia Roland, mezzosoprano

Sarah Bereza, organ

Stephanie Hunt, viola da gamba

Jeffrey Noonan, theorbo

EMMO Touring Concert

April 4, 2025 7:30PM

 Daniel Lee leads the EMMo Chamber Orchestra

East Central College

Union, MO

EMMO Mainstage Concert

May 4, 2025 3:00PM

Antonio Vivaldi’s famous Le quattro Stagioni on period instruments! Baroque violin soloist Daniel Lee leads EMMo’s Chamber Ensemble in these virtuosic and evocative musical depictions the seasons.

EMMO Touring Concert

April 11 - 12, 2025

Un tas de cordes

Chamber Music from the French Court
Academy for Early Music

Ann Arbor & Detroit, MI