Saturday May 16, 2026 at 5:30 pm
Sunday May 17, 2026 at 3:30 pm
Join MarketMusic for our first run-out concert, in Taos!
We’ll be performing a program, “Elevated Baroque” with soprano Kathlene Ritch at the Harwood Museum of Art, as part of the Taos Chamber Music Group’s concert series. Featuring works of Bach, Handel, Telemann and Vivaldi.
Tickets available at taoschambermusicgroup.org
Venue: Harwood Museum of Art, 238 Ledoux St, Taos, NM 87571 | (575) 758-9826
Featuring:
Stephen Redfield, baroque violin
Kathleen McIntosh, harpsichord
Katie Rietman, baroque cello
Kim Pineda, baroque flute & recorder
Kathlene Ritch, soprano
MarketMusic returns!
Join us for the 4th season of our ever-popular Saturday MarketMusic summer concert series!
2026 holds many thrilling concert opportunities for us!
No tickets required, $20 suggested donation at door
Every Second Saturdays at Noon in the Railyard District
Thaw Gallery at New Mexico School for the Arts,
500 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, 87501
Sponsored by Severall Friends: Early Music in the High Desert
2026 MarketMusic Concert Dates:
June 6 at 12 pm and 2 pm:
Clarinet Classic:
A classical clarinetist plays the Mozart Quintet and more
June 20 at 12 pm
Ringing in Your Ears:
The Bells of St. Genevieve and other French favorites
July 4 at 12 pm
Baroque Music in the Americas:
Music of the Durango Cathedral and beyond
July 18 at 12 pm
The voices of Henry Purcell & Franz Biber:
Their vocal and instrumental music embodied
August 1 at 12 pm
What’s Better Than One Harpsichord?:
Celebrating the two-keyboard repertoire
August 15: at 12 pm
Musica Programmatica:
Music that tells a story
August 29 at 12 pm
An Oboe, un Hautbois, ein Hoboe, un Oboè…:
Welcome to listening in every language and culture!
September 12 at 12 pm and 2 pm
Colossal Baroque:
MarketMusic brings to stage its biggest Baroque band
MarketMusic is deeply grateful to the New Mexico School for the Arts for welcoming our artists and audiences into its gallery, a wonderfully intimate concert venue.
If you would like to join our growing list of supporters, please make a contribution through our secure website, or make a check payable to Severall Friends and mail it to:
Severall Friends NFP
64 Vista del Oro, Cerrillos, NM 87010
Program and artists subject to change.
PAST EVENTS
Goddesses and Monsters: Music of the Spanish Baroque
Saturday, April 11, 2026
“Goddesses and Monsters” features songs from the 17th and 18th century theatrical and sacred traditions in Spain, as well as instrumental music from the period. We’ll present music by composers such as Calderon, Duron, and Literes, as well as selections from the fascinating Trujillo Codex of Peru.
Venue: The Muñoz Waxman Gallery at CCA (Center for Contemporary Arts), 1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe
Featuring:
Cecilia Duarte, mezzo soprano
Mary Springfels, viola da gamba
Kathryn Montoya, recorder
Stephen Redfield, baroque violin
Kathy McIntosh, harpsichord
Hector Alfonso Torres, theorbo
Jesse Joaquin Parker, percussion
PAST EVENTS
An intensive weekend workshop for viol players at all levels in historic northern NM
Thursday February 12 – Sunday February 15, 2026
Venue: Benedictine Monastery in Pecos, New Mexico
For Ye Violls on the Pecos will be an intimate four-day weekend for viol players at all levels featuring five- and six-part music from England and Germany. The workshop’s three instructors—Larry Lipnik, David Morris, and Mary Springfels—are among the most outstanding coaches in the field, and if there’s sufficient enrollment we can add a fourth. Each tutor has chosen a repertoire. There will be six formal sessions, plus a final reading on Sunday morning. There will be free time each afternoon for an extra drop-in class, siesta, or sightseeing.
PAST EVENTS
Dancing in the Isles
Come join Severall Friends for “Dancing in the Isles”, a festive program of Baroque music from the British Isles! We will present Scottish, Irish, and English traditional tune medleys, along with art music from Purcell, Locke, and others, running the gamut from the contemplative to the utterly rousing!
Violinist Elizabeth Blumenstock is joined by guest artists Judith Linsenberg, recorder and Stephanie Noori, violin; and by our regulars Mary Springfels, viola da gamba and Kathleen McIntosh, harpsichord.
Sunday, April 27, 2025
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: The Muñoz Waxman Gallery at CCA (Center for Contemporary Arts), 1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe
PAST EVENTS
For Ye Violls
For Ye Violls presents an intimate four-day workshop for viol players at all levels featuring six-part consort repertoire from England, Italy, and the low countries. Each class will be limited to six players with three classes each day, one-to-apart. There will be free time each afternoon with an optional “siesta class”, sightseeing, or a real siesta, and after-dinner playing welcome to all.
The workshop’s three instructors, Lawrence Lipnik, David Morris, and Mary Springfels are among the most outstanding coaches in the field. Each tutor has chosen a repertoire, with play-in and faculty concert on the final afternoon of the workshop. There will be 8 formal sessions, plus a final reading and faculty concert. While the instrumental ensembles may be fixed for the weekend, every player will work with every instructor.
PAST EVENTS
Romancing The Rose
The Romance of the Rose was one of the most influential works of medieval imaginative literature. It was copied innumerable times, from its inception in the 1200s until the age of the printing press, and was read throughout Europe, from England to Italy.
Severall Friends will offer a tasting menu of delicacies by Machaut, Ciconia, Dufay, and others.
Sunday, January 26, 2025
Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Thaw Gallery at New Mexico School for the Arts,
500 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, 87501
Featuring:
Daniel Meyers, winds
Emily Noël, voice
Mark Rimple, strings
Mary Springfels, strings
Desirée Mays, narrator
We’re thrilled to announce that guest projection designer Shawn Keener will illuminate the performance with beautiful, captivating images to complement the music.
Early music in the high desert
We are Severall Friends, a consortium of musicians who gather to play a broad spectrum of early music from Machaut to Rameau. Based in Santa Fe, our mission is to bring compelling performances to the Southwest. We also plan to work with young musicians from local schools and offer workshops for adult amateurs. Mary Springfels and Elizabeth Blumenstock are co-Directors, and Ken Perlow is Treasurer and General Manager.
This season is made possible by a generous grant from the John C. Griswold Family Foundation.
This concert season is supported in part by New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and by the National Endowment for the Arts.
UPCOMING EVENTS