Early Music Michigan

Bringing ancient and rare music to Southwest Michigan

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Since 1996, Early Music Michigan has been performing early music in a dynamic, varied, and historically informed manner that honors this body of rare and ancient musical treasures, the artistic voice, and the humanity of collaborative music making. We welcome new singers and instrumentalists who would like to perform with us!

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Hebrew Harmonies: Discovering Salamone Rossi

September 19, 2026 – 1 p.m.
First Congregational Church
Kalamazoo, MI

Step into the world of Renaissance Mantua and meet Salamone Rossi, the Jewish court composer whose 1623 “Songs of Solomon” (Hashirim Asher LiShlomo) stands as the earliest known published collection of Hebrew liturgical music.

No singing experience required — everyone is welcome to raise their voice and try these beautiful harmonies firsthand!

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Salamone Rossi – The Songs of Solomon

November 21, 2026 – 2 p.m.
First Congregational Church
Kalamazoo, MI

Join Early Music Michigan for a choral concert exploring the rich and varied output of Salamone Rossi, the Jewish-Italian composer of the late Renaissance who crossed cultural and stylistic boundaries and helped to establish the new styles of the seventeenth-century Baroque.

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More Early Music Michigan Events

19
September2026
Hebrew Harmonies: Discovering Salamone RossiWe’ll consider the fascinating story behind Salamone Rossi’s groundbreaking work “The Songs of Solomon”, along with a taste of Rossi’s secular madrigals and canzonette, tracing how one composer bridged two musical worlds centuries ahead of his time.
1–3 p.m.First Congregational Church
Kalamazoo, MI
21
November2026
Salamone Rossi – The Songs of SolomonExplore the rich and varied output of Salamone Rossi, the Jewish-Italian composer of the late Renaissance who crossed cultural and stylistic boundaries and helped to establish the new styles of the seventeenth-century Baroque.
2 p.m.First Congregational Church
Kalamazoo, MI
9
January2027
An Introduction to L’homme Armé (workshop)A sing-along workshop on the fantastically catchy tune “L’homme Armé” (The Armed Man), which we will feature in multiple settings in our spring choral concert.
1–3 p.m.First Congregational Church
Kalamazoo, MI
TBD
Early 2027
Stay tuned for more details! Early Eighteenth Century Music from Marginalized VoicesA chamber concert featuring underrepresented voices from musical history, including the French Baroque composer Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre and the so-called “Black Mozart,” Joseph de Boulougne, the Cavalier de St. George’s.
TBDTBD
15
May2027
The Many Armed-Man – L’homme Armé – An Early Renaissance Mass-UpA choral concert featuring a variety of mass movements using the fourteenth-century secular chanson L’homme Armé as a cantus firmus (a pre-existing melody that forms the structural basis of a polyphonic musical composition).
2 p.m.First Congregational Church
Kalamazoo, MI

About Early Music Michigan

EMM specializes in bringing to the public rarely performed music dating back hundreds of years, as well as music from our own time, performed in beautiful spaces with wonderful acoustics. As an early music ensemble emphasizing historically informed performance, we occupy a valuable niche, providing music and creative programming that would not otherwise be available in the greater Kalamazoo area.

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