Early Music Concerts in the South West or Online
Concerts organised by SWEMF and by other organisations
Wessex Baroque with Angela Hicks
Celebrate the music of women across the centuries
South Somerset Music Centre, South Street, Crewkerne TA18 8DB
The Waites of Gloucester in concert
Music from Tudor times for voice and period instruments
St Nicholas' Church, Westgate Street, Gloucester GL1 2PG
Ypotryll - Medieval Music
Free concert of medieval vocal and instrumental music. Part of Gloucester Heritage Open Days.
St Nicholas' Church, Westgate Street, Gloucester GL1 2PG
The Choral Pilgrimage 2026: Tewkesbury
A programme exploring majestic music from the Spanish Renaissance alongside spellbinding works from James MacMillan and Kerensa Briggs.
Tewkesbury Abbey, Church Street, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 5RZ
Ypotryll - Medieval Music
Free concert of medieval music in Blackfriars, Gloucester, as part of Gloucester History Festival.
The Scriptorium, Blackfriars Priory, Gloucester GL1 2HN
The Gonzaga Band - Love's Labyrinth
THE GONZAGA BAND:
Faye Newton – soprano
Jamie Savan – cornetto
Steven Devine – keyboard
Old Baptist Chapel, off Church Street, Tewkesbury GL20 5RZ
See also: The Yeovil Chamber Choir Concert Directory.
- Blackdowns Early Music Projects
Blackdowns Early Music Projects were principally conceived to draw together groups of experienced singers to work under the expert guidance of specialist music directors on programmes of infrequently performed early music.
- Dillington House, Ilminster
Dillington House in Somerset offers a varied programme of lectures, courses and concerts.
- Music in the Castle
Organising concerts for the public and concerts for schools in Powderham Castle, near Exeter.
- Musicke in the Ayre
An umbrella project by lutenist/luthier Din Ghani to perform C16/17th music for solo voice(s) and plucked string with singers from across the country, centred in Bath.
- South West Baroque Orchestra
South West Baroque Orchestra plays Baroque music to a high standard and performs concerts throughout the South West.
- St George’s, Bristol
Over 250 events each year, including classical, jazz, blues, folk and world music as well as family concerts and talks.
- Totnes Early Music Society (TEMS)
TEMS offers a series of six early music concerts each year, featuring top professional musicians from the early music and folk fields, and music ranging from Medieval to late Baroque.
- Bristol Bach Choir
Bristol Bach Choir, directed by Christopher Finch, is one of the South West's finest choral groups.
- Bristol Choral Society
Bristol Choral Society is conducted by Hilary Campbell and is known as one of the leading big city choirs in the UK.
- Bristowe Consort
The Bristowe Consort of Recorders was founded in 1998 and has six players and performs several times a year in the Bristol Area.
- Cheltenham Bach Choir
Founded in 1946, the Cheltenham Bach Choir is one of the foremost choral societies in the South West of England.
- Collegium Singers
Collegium Singers is a chamber choir based in Somerset. We have developed a reputation for excellent performances of interesting programmes.
- Devon Baroque
Devon Baroque is the principal orchestra in the South West specialising in baroque and early classical music played on period instruments and in appropriate style.
- East Cornwall Bach Choir
The East Cornwall Bach Choir is an auditioned choir of amateur singers, currently about 40 strong, based in Liskeard, East Cornwall.
- Ensemble Ypotryll
Named after a mythical monster, Ypotryll consists of soprano Karen Jones & multi-instrumentalists Simon Pickard and Rachel Tedd performing medieval music.
- Exeter Bach Society
The Exeter Bach Society was founded in 1995 by Alderman Ramon Yeo, an accomplished organist and admirer of Bach’s many compositions.
- Exultate Singers
Exultate Singers is an accomplished chamber choir of 45 singers based in Bristol, founded in September 2002 by its conductor, David Ogden.
- Gloucester Waites
The Waites of Gloucester are modelled on the band of musicians run by the City of Gloucester in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
- Harmonia Sacra
Formed by their conductor, Peter Leech, in 2009, principally for the performance of late Renaissance and Baroque choral works, as well as contemporary choral music.
- Musica Mundi
Musica Mundi is a baroque chamber music group based in the Southwest of England.
- Musicke in the Ayre
An umbrella project by lutenist/luthier Din Ghani to perform C16/17th music for solo voice(s) and plucked string with singers from across the country, centred in Bath.
- Peter Leech
A musician with diverse skills and interests, Peter Leech has over 25 years experience as a choral and orchestral conductor, composer and musicologist.
- Rosafresca
Three musicians with a passion for Early, Renaissance, Spanish, Moorish and Elizabethan Music came together in the summer of 2009 to form Rosafresca.
- Somerset Chamber Choir
Formed in 1984, Somerset Chamber Choir has established a fine reputation for staging the highest quality concerts of choral music in Somerset.
- South West Baroque Orchestra
South West Baroque Orchestra plays Baroque music to a high standard and performs concerts throughout the South West.
- Torbay Singers
The Torbay Singers was formed in summer 1967 through a merger of the Torquay Philharmonic Society and the Lansdowne Singers.
- Toute Ensemble
Toute Ensemble is a group of eight musicians, playing early instruments including recorders, windcaps shawms, dulcians, sackbut, small pipes and lute.