The New York Collegium was an ensemble of players and singers dedicated to the music of the

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era, featuring historically authentic instruments and performance techniques. The artists of The New York Collegium were some of America’s best-known historic music specialists, and were featured performers in concert halls and music festivals throughout the world. The ensemble presented a subscription concert series in

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, performing to a large and enthusiastic audience. Some of these performances have been broadcast on WGBH in Boston and on

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’s ''

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''. The ensemble was dissolved in 2010. British conductor and early music scholar,

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was Music Director of the New York Collegium from 2001 until its dissolution.

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