ABOUT BLOOMINGTON EARLY MUSIC
MISSION
By catalyzing historically informed performance in south central Indiana, Bloomington Early Music enriches, educates, and inspires audiences and performers.
PROJECTS
VALUES
GOALS
By catalyzing historically informed performance in south central Indiana, Bloomington Early Music enriches, educates, and inspires audiences and performers.
PROJECTS
- The Bloomington Early Music Festival, an annual series of concerts celebrating performances and workshops by local, regional, and national performers and scholars.
- Partnerships include nonprofit fiscal sponsorship of local ensembles Alchymy Viols and Las Aves and additional collaborations with the IU Historical Performance Institute.
- The Bloomington Bach Cantata Project presents J.S. Bach's cantatas in performances modeled on his own. The BBCP is a joint effort to share this repertory with students, professional musicians and Bloomington audiences.
- Educational engagement activities in local communities.
VALUES
- We support music of the past millennium to the early twentieth century in a way that is historically informed
- We support emerging talent that is local, regional, national, and international
- We are committed to being societally engaged
- We support diversity through music that is global, multicultural, and multi-genre
- We aim to include multiple constituencies in both performers and audiences
- Collaborations form the core of our activities
GOALS
- To develop a strong board and staff structure, ensuring that the organization continues on a firm footing for the benefit of our artists and audiences
- To sustain, support and grow the annual Bloomington Early Music Festival
- To promote and support early music programming throughout the year
- To be a source of life-long educational activities
- To develop new audiences through media production and dissemination of performances
LEADERSHIP
General Manager:
Paulina Francisco
Board of Directors:
Alain Barker, President | Aaron Cain, Vice President
Thomas Schaller, Secretary | Sally Gaskill, Treasurer
Paul Borg, Alison Calhoun, Julia Lawson, Dana Marsh, Stanley Ritchie, Shelley Taylor
CONTACT INFORMATION
Bloomington Early Music
P.O. Box 734
Bloomington, IN 47402
office@blemf.org
Paulina Francisco
Board of Directors:
Alain Barker, President | Aaron Cain, Vice President
Thomas Schaller, Secretary | Sally Gaskill, Treasurer
Paul Borg, Alison Calhoun, Julia Lawson, Dana Marsh, Stanley Ritchie, Shelley Taylor
CONTACT INFORMATION
Bloomington Early Music
P.O. Box 734
Bloomington, IN 47402
office@blemf.org