3520 7th Avenue.
Admission is free.
The Ensemble for Early Music has gained international renown for its vibrant performances of music and drama both through annual tours and appearances at prestigious music festivals around the world. The Ensemble for Early Music uses period instruments to lend added authenticity to the reconstructed medieval music it presents. The performances made music six or seven centuries old sound fresh and new. Ensemble director Frederick Renz was keyboard soloist with the legendary New York Pro Musica before establishing the Early Music Foundation in 1974. A former student of Gustav Leonhardt, Renz has received numerous accolades for his pioneering work in the genre of medieval music-drama, including commissions and grants from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Ingram Merrill Foundation.