-- -- Founded  in 1971 by Marilyn Carlson -- --


Revel in a week of Early Music for enthusiasts of all levels, working with outstanding faculty.


Come to the Friendly Workshop where Old Friends gather every year and New Friends quickly become Old Friends!


Register now for 2024


The Mideast Early Music Workshop 

 "Italia Mia:   Petrarch, Petrucci, Palestrina and Beyond"


 July 21-27, 2024 


    .....in person at LaRoche University, Pittsburgh, PA


Revel in the joy of playing early music !

Friendly, welcoming staff and students will make you feel right at home.

Whether you are already an Early Music enthusiast or still exploring, you will encounter a week filled with inspiration and great music.


  • Choose recorder, flute or viola da gamba for your morning technique instrument.
  • Then fill up the car with all your other early music instruments, including crumhorns, harps, sackbuts, percussion and more.


This is the opportunity for adult early music musicians and any educators who incorporate recorder into their curriculum to work with an outstanding faculty. The week includes technique classes at all levels. large and small ensembles and a variety of elective classes.   Read More...


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The Mideast Early Music Workshop relies on your  support to fund the Workshop and Scholarship program.


Your Donations to Mideast, a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation,  recognized by the IRS as a public charity under Section501(c)(3),

  are tax deductible to the extent of the law.

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