Early Music Singers
The Stanford Early Music Singers is a select chamber choir dedicated to reviving music of the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras, directed by Eric Tuan. Dedicated to cultivating the art of vocal chamber music, the choir offers opportunities for solo and small-group singing. Participation is open to both students and community members by audition.
2024-2025 Season:
Fall Quarter: A Garland of Madrigals
In the fall we will delve into madrigals from 16th and 17th-century Italy. The program will feature works by pioneering composers Maddalena Casulana and Vittoria Aleotti, the first published female composers, alongside favorites by Luca Marenzio, Cipriano de Rore, and others.
Winter Quarter: Holy Week with Victoria
In the winter we will journey through Holy Week in the music of Spanish master Tomás Luis de Victoria, featuring excerpts from his Tenebrae Responsories, Lamentations of Jeremiah, and motets. Victoria’s Passiontide music is dramatic, evocative, and searingly beautiful.
Spring Quarter: Bolivian Baroque
In the spring we will collaborate with Anthony Martin’s Stanford Baroque Soloists in a program of rarely performed Baroque music from the Jesuit missions of Bolivia.
Auditions
Auditions for the Early Music Singers take place from Friday, September 20 through Wednesday, September 25. For more information and to sign up for an audition time, please click here.
If you would like to audition for Eric specifically, please sign up for a time on Friday, September 20; Sunday, September 22; Monday, September 23 before noon; or Wednesday, September 25
Key Dates
The Early Music Singers rehearse on Wednesday evenings from 7:30 - 9:30 PM. Optional small group rehearsals take place 30 minutes prior to and after the tutti rehearsal.
Fall Quarter:
Wednesday, September 25, 2024: First rehearsal for fall quarter
Tuesday, December 3, 2024: Fall concert dress rehearsal
Wednesday, December 4 2024: Fall concert
Saturday, December 7, 2024: Friends of Music Holiday Musicale (afternoon)
Winter Quarter:
Wednesday, January 8, 2025: First rehearsal for winter quarter
Tuesday, March 11, 2025: Winter concert dress rehearsal
Wednesday, March 12, 2025: Winter concert
Spring Quarter:
Wednesday, April 2, 2025: First rehearsal for spring quarter
Tuesday, June 3, 2025: Spring concert dress rehearsal
Wednesday, June 4, 2025: Spring concert
Attendance Policy
Please note that excellent attendance is vital to the success of the group. Absences will be excused only for reasons of personal health, family emergency, or events of an equally serious nature. Members are expected to limit absences to no more than one per quarter. Missing more than one rehearsal will necessitate a part check with the director in order to perform in the concert, and may cause a lowering of the final letter grade.
Listserv Instructions
Please to this URL in a browser: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/early-music
You will see instructions for joining the list, as well as a description of its etiquette. Appropriate messages to this list pertain to the Early Music Singers: coordinate rehearsal, performance, or social activities; or share information of interest to the group. Please do not send messages of a commercial or marketing nature to our list.
Members with a non-Stanford email address (one that does not end in "@stanford.edu") will need to create a password for themselves.
Follow the instructions and click on "subscribe". Please do not select "digested" as that will delay your receiving messages.
Please contact rleigh [at] stanford.edu (Rowen) in the Music Office or mwpalm [at] stanford.edu (Miriam) if you have questions.
Once you are a member of the list, you can send messages to it using this address: early-music [at] lists.stanford.edu (early-music[at]lists[dot]stanford[dot]edu). Some messages with attachments may be delayed for review by the list managers.
Photo/Video/Audio Consent
The Choral Studies Program now asks all participants in ensembles to consent to the use of photographs, video and audio recordings at rehearsals and concerts, for publicity purposes.
Matriculated Students (Undergrad and Graduate)
You need to enroll in EMS on Axess, even if you are not taking it for credit. There is now a zero-unit enrollment option. The policy and steps for this option are on the Music Department website. The student form includes the consent described above. Students will need to follow this policy each quarter they participate.
Community Members
Those who sing in EMS need to sign and submit a photo/video/audio consent waiver. The form and complete information on the policy is located here. This is a one-time submission. Please review these forms and instructions, and submit them within two weeks of the first quarter's rehearsal.