Madison Early Music Festival (MEMF)

01/21/2026

Madison Early Music Festival 2026
Join the one and only Sarah Brailey, soprano for a live coaching session!
Saturday, January 24 | 11 AM–1 PM📍Collins Recital Hall
Come learn, get inspired, and cheer others on. See you there!

01/18/2026

I hope you’ll enjoy Matt Ambrosio’s Cap Times article on the humble return of MEMF as much as I enjoyed speaking with him for the interview!
Join us at MEMF next week to hear it all come to life.

The boundary-pushing Germany-based ensemble Verità Baroque joins UW-Madison faculty at the Madison Early Music Festival Jan. 23-25.

01/14/2026

Madison Early Music Festival is just 9 days away!

From post-Soviet Siberia to Baroque castles to the Hamel Music Center in Madison, Taya König-Tarasevich is putting her futuristic touch on historical performance.

12/31/2025

MEMF returns to the UW–Madison campus January 23–25, 2026. Paul Rowe, former Director of the Madison Early Music Festival, reflects on the festival’s legacy as he welcomes Taya König-Tarasevich, the new Artistic Director, into its next chapter.

MEMF returns to the UW–Madison campus January 23–25, 2026. Paul Rowe, former Director of the Madison Early Music Festival, reflects on the festival’s legacy ...

05/30/2022

Do you know the history of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo? Originally written for a court performance during the annual Carnival at Mantua in 1607, it has become the earliest surviving opera still performed today. The early 17th century was a transitional period, where the traditional “intermedia” began evolving into the form of a complete musical drama or "opera". The production of L'Orfeo served as the first fully developed example of the new genre and its influence lives on even today. Join APERI ANIMAM and Milwaukee Opera Theatre June 9-12, 2022 at Calvary Presbyterian Church in Milwaukee to experience this critical piece of operatic history live - and, thanks to Danny Brylow and Joseph Krohlow, in English!

Buy your tickets here today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lorfeo-tickets-336800187427

05/12/2022

Beautiful playing by Piffaro at Corpus Christi Church in New York City.

05/07/2022

If you missed Piffaro’s concert in Madison on April 22 join them online from Philadelphia!

https://piffaro.secure.force.com/ticket #/instances/a0F1H00000FcV9bUAF

05/05/2022

Check out the ensemble Forgotten Clefs that include past MEMF participants Adam Dillon, Sarah Huebsch Schilling and Kelsey Schilling!