Early Music Outreach Award (2007-2010)
The Early Music Outreach Award recognized and promoted excellence in outreach and/or educational projects for children or adults by ensembles and individual artists.
2010 Recipient: Phillip Serna (Chicago, IL)
2010 Recipient (Lifetime Early Music Outreach Award): Judith Davidoff (New York, NY)
2009 Recipient: Jerry Fuller (Chicago, IL)
2009 Recipient (Special Early Music Outreach Award): Grace Feldman (New Haven, CT)
2008 Recipient: Arcadia Players (Amherst, MA)
2008 Recipient (Special Early Music Outreach Award): Tina Chancey (Washington, DC)
2007 Recipient: Sarasa Ensemble (Boston, MA)
"Early Music Brings History Alive" Award 1998-2006
This award acknowledged the importance of educational outreach in early music, and exposing the next generation to its delights and wonders.
2006 Recipient: New York State Early Music Association (Ithaca, NY)
2005 Recipient: Nina Stern (New York, NY).
2005 Special Award for Outstanding Contributions to Early Music Education: Mark Cudek (Interlochen Summer Arts Camp).
2004 Recipient: Peggy Monroe (Seattle, WA).
2003 Recipient: Piffaro (Philadelphia, PA). Honorable mention: David Coffin (Boston, MA)
2002 Recipient: American Classical Orchestra (Norwalk, CT)
2001: No award given
2000 Recipient: Ensemble Musical Offering (Milwaukee, WI)
1999 Recipient: Chatham Baroque (Pittsburgh, PA)
1998 Recipient: Nottingham Fair (New York, NY)
EMA/Naxos Recording Competition 2003
The winners of this competition were selected by Klaus Heymann and his colleagues at Naxos from a group of 7 finalists previously announced by EMA. The competition was for early music soloists and ensembles, and the prize is a debut CD recording, which will be produced and marketed by Naxos. EMA and Naxos hope to promote the career development of early music performers and the philosophy of historically informed performance by offering to the public recordings of the highest quality. Both the Grand Prize Winner and the 1st Runner Up will be recorded by Naxos.
Grand Prize Winner-Catacoustic Consort (Annalisa Pappano, gamba/lirone/artistic director; Catherine Webster, soprano; Michael Leopold, theorbo; Becky Baxter, triple harp).
1st Runner Up-Ciaramella (Adam and Rotem Gilbert, Douglas Milliken, Debra Nagy, shawms and recorders; Greg Ingles, sackbut; Anna Levenstein and Gail West, sopranos).
Honorable Mention-Lucas Harris, lute/theorbo.
CSEM/EMA Erwin Bodky Competition for early music soloists
This collaborative competition, co-sponsored by the Cambridge Society for Early Music and Early Music America, was designed to recognize excellence among up-and-coming early music specialists and give one previously unrecorded artist the opportunity for a commercial release.
2001 Grand Prize Winner: Tanya Tomkins, cello (San Francisco, CA)
2001 Honorable Mention: Charles Brink, traverso (Linz, Austria)
Dorian/EMA recording competition
This collaborative competition, co-sponsored by The Dorian Group, Ltd., and Early Music America, was designed to identify emerging talent and give previously unrecorded artists the opportunity for a commercial release. Finalists in the Second EMA/Dorian Competition are featured on Early Music LIVE2000 CD, produced by EMA.
1999 Grand Prize Winner: Masques (Toronto, ON)
1999 Runner-Up: Mirable (San Francisco)
1997 Grand Prize Winner: The Concord Ensemble (Bloomington, IN)
1997 Runner-Up: Terra Nova Consort (Ashland, OR)
1997 Honorable Mention: Musicke & Mirth (Basel, Switzerland)