Renaissance and Baroque music ensemble - Music School of Thessaloniki

The Renaissance and Baroque Music Ensemble is oriented towards the teaching and performance of music from the 15th to the mid-17th century. It began its journey into the difficult for Greek music education paths of “Early Music” in the school year 2007-2008 in the framework of a cultural programme approved by the Ministry of Education entitled “Baroque Music”.

The aim of this programme is to familiarize students with the music of the Renaissance and the Baroque through its rich repertoire and the instruments of the period such as the harpsichord, as well as to teach and interpret it according to historical and modern musicological approaches in combination with the knowledge of the interpretative and technical possibilities of the instruments of the period. The ensemble collaborates regularly with the Department of Music Studies of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki within the framework of the course “Palaeography of European Music” and has developed musical activities inside and outside our school.

Activities-Open courses-Concerts

Department of Music Studies of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in the framework of participation in the course “Palaeography of European Music” (2007 and 2010)

Concert at Koronia High School (2008 and 2011)

Participation in the presentations of the ensembles at the M.S.Th. (2008, 2009 and 2010) and in the morning Christmas celebration of our school (2008)

Participation in the 3rd Scientific Conference of the Panhellenic Association of Parents of Music Schools and the 5th General Assembly of the Association which took place at the Ceremonial Amphitheatre of the University of Macedonia (2009)

Commendation at the 15th Panhellenic Student Artistic Competitions 2009

Open lesson-concert at the Amphitheatre of M.S.Th. in collaboration with the Associate Professor of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Ioannis Kaimakis and the students of the course “Palaeography of European Music” (2010)

Participation in the concert-presentation of musical instruments in primary schools of the prefecture of Thessaloniki at the Auditorium of the M.S.Th. (2011)