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Cambridge Early Music

Committed to promoting the study and enjoyment of early music practice through concerts and education

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About

Cambridge Early Music has raised the profile of music from the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque eras to local, national and international audiences.

As well as promoting an annual series of concerts in the city of Cambridge, we also invite keen early musicians to participate in our Summer Schools, where they learn from specialist guest course directors. We also promote emerging artists through our annual Cambridge Early Music prize.

Run by an enthusiastic and knowledgeable board of trustees and an indefatigable Administrator, we punch above our weight in terms of the quality and quantity of events we promote. Artists in the past few years have included the Gesualdo Six, the Marian Consort, the Brook Street Band, the Academy of Ancient Music, Solomon's Knot and the Irish Baroque Orchestra, as well as smaller ensembles from the UK, Europe and the USA. Past recipients of the Cambridge Early Music Prize have included Sollazzo Ensemble, El Gran Teatro del Mundo, ApotropaïK and, most recently, Pfeyfferey.

Past events

Looking Bach to Palestrina
Continuo Funded

Looking Bach to Palestrina

ECSE | The Marian Consort
  • dateThu, 16 April 2026
  • locationTrinity College Chapel, Cambridge
  • time7:30pm
  • ticket£40 - 30 (conc. available)
  • festivalCambridge Early Music
David Munrow Day: Evening Concert

David Munrow Day: Evening Concert

The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble
  • dateSat, 21 March 2026
  • locationPembroke Auditorium, Cambridge
  • time6:30pm
  • ticket£40
  • festivalCambridge Early Music
David Munrow Day: Afternoon Concert

David Munrow Day: Afternoon Concert

The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble
  • dateSat, 21 March 2026
  • locationPembroke Auditorium, Cambridge
  • time3:00pm
  • ticket£15
  • festivalCambridge Early Music
Pied Piper: A Celebration of David Munrow

Pied Piper: A Celebration of David Munrow

Cambridge Early Music
  • dateSat, 21 March 2026
  • locationPembroke Auditorium, Cambridge
  • time11:30am
  • ticketFrom £15
  • festivalCambridge Early Music
The Forgotten Scarlatti

The Forgotten Scarlatti

Armonico Consort
  • dateFri, 6 March 2026
  • locationTrinity College Chapel, Cambridge
  • time7:30pm
  • ticketFrom £30 (conc. available)
  • festivalCambridge Early Music
Cubaroque

Cubaroque

Nicholas Mulroy | Elizabeth Kenny | Toby Carr
  • dateThu, 12 February 2026
  • locationGreat St Mary's Church, Cambridge
  • time7:30pm
  • ticket£25 (conc. available)
  • festivalCambridge Early Music
The Sixteen at Christmas: Cambridge

The Sixteen at Christmas: Cambridge

The Sixteen Choir
  • dateFri, 19 December 2025
  • locationTrinity College Chapel, Cambridge
  • time7:30pm
  • ticket£10 - £40
  • festivalCambridge Early Music
a man playing the mandolin standing up in front of a baroque orchestra

Vivaldi and Venice

La Serenissima
  • dateThu, 6 November 2025
  • locationWest Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
  • time7:30pm
  • ticket£30 - £40 | students £10 | u18s free
  • festivalCambridge Early Music
Party like it's 1525

Party like it's 1525

[hanse]Pfeyfferey
  • dateThu, 9 October 2025
  • locationLakeside Arts, Nottingham
  • time7:30pm
  • ticket£22 (conc. available)
  • festivalCambridge Early Music
Cambridge Villages Tour

Cambridge Villages Tour

The Gesualdo Six
  • dateSat, 27 September 2025
  • locationSt Andrew and St Mary, Granchester, Cambridge
  • time6:00pm
  • ticket£15 | Students £10 | u18s £0
  • festivalCambridge Early Music
Cambridge Villages Tour

Cambridge Villages Tour

The Gesualdo Six
  • dateSat, 27 September 2025
  • locationSt Mary the Virgin, Fen Ditton, Cambridge
  • time4:00pm
  • ticket£15 | Students £10 | u18s £0
  • festivalCambridge Early Music
Cambridge Villages Tour

Cambridge Villages Tour

The Gesualdo Six
  • dateSat, 27 September 2025
  • locationSt Vigor's with All Saints, Fulbourn, Cambridge
  • time2:00pm
  • ticket£15 | Students £10 | u18s £0
  • festivalCambridge Early Music
Cambridge Villages Tour

Cambridge Villages Tour

The Gesualdo Six
  • dateSat, 27 September 2025
  • locationSt Andrew's Church, Girton, Cambridge
  • time11:30am
  • ticket£15 | Students £10 | u18s £0
  • festivalCambridge Early Music
Decameron Musicale

Decameron Musicale

Rune
  • dateThu, 24 April 2025
  • locationSt Catharine's College Chapel, Cambridge
  • time7:00pm
  • ticket£20.00 (£7.50 students, U18s free)
  • festivalCambridge Early Music
The Prince of Music

The Prince of Music

Stile Antico
  • dateThu, 6 March 2025
  • locationTrinity College Chapel, Cambridge
  • time7:30pm
  • ticketAdult £37.50, £27.50, Student £7.50, u18 free
  • festivalCambridge Early Music
Time Stands Still

Time Stands Still

Peter Croton & L'Isola
  • dateFri, 7 February 2025
  • locationSt Catharine's College Chapel, Cambridge
  • time6:00pm
  • ticket£20 (£7.50 Students, free Under 18s)
  • festivalCambridge Early Music

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