Schola Antiqua

Schola Antiqua is a Chicago-based professional early music ensemble, specializing in repertory before the year 1600. An ensemble that executes pre-modern music with “sensitivity and style” (Early Music America), Schola Antiqua takes pride in providing the highest standards of performance, research, and education as it highlights underserved repertories from this period. Founded in 2000, the organization has received invitations to perform from museums, libraries, festivals, universities, and other institutions across the country. The ensemble is currently Artist-in-Residence at the Lumen Christi Institute and formerly a resident artist at the University of Chicago.
In 2012, Schola Antiqua received the Noah Greenberg Award from the American Musicological Society for outstanding contributions to historical performing practice. Its connections to the academic community can be seen in collaborations with scholars from around the United States. The ensemble has recorded music ranging from scholarly publications to college textbooks. It has further provided live and recorded music in connection with major art exhibitions at the Met Cloisters, the Morgan Library & Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, New York.
Schola Antiqua has released four commercial CDs on the Naxos of America and Discantus labels. Much of the music on these recordings has not seen a modern recording. The group’s latest CD, Missa Conceptio tua: Medieval and Renaissance Music for Advent (Naxos of America, 2014) was named one of the best classical albums in 2014 by Culture Catch. BBC Music Magazine hailed Schola Antiqua’s December 2012 performances among the top 10 of concerts to see in the United States.