BLEMF 2026 ARTISTS
May 26-30, 2026
Live Concerts
Franklin Quartet
May 26th
Featuring the music of 18th-century European & American composers in the rich Parlor Music tradition of Philadelphia.
Tonos del Sur
May 27th
Bloomington favorites Tonos del Sur bring together Spanish, Catholic, and Indigenous traditions in the 17th-century mission music of New Spain.
Alchymy Viols
Date TBA
Featuring 17th-century French vocal music from the Louisiana Territory’s Ursuline convent in New Orleans.
Early Music Access Project
May 30th
Early 19th-century music played by the Hemings & Scott family fiddlers of Monticello & Charlottesville, with dramatic storytelling drawn from the Hemings’ own oral tradition!
Virtual Concerts
Williamsburg Baroque
Screening Date TBA
Featuring late 18th-century instrumental music from the “Immigrant School” of early American composers.
Music of the Regiment
Screening Date TBA
Recreating the wind band of the historic 2nd Virginia Regiment, Music of the Regiment will perform music for military ceremonies, social events, and marching into battle.
Patricia García Gil
Screening Date TBA
Returning BLEM favorite Patricia performs mid-18th to 19th-century American piano Parlor Music written by and for women to perform in the home.