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TEMS was set up in 1999 to offer an annual series of recitals performed by professional musicians of Mediaeval to Baroque music, which would be supplemented by lecture-recitals and workshops. Our aim remains to provide top quality performances of historically-informed early music to people in South Devon. We are lucky to have good music available locally through the presence of Dartington, Devon Baroque, the Torbay Symphony Orchestra and others, but continue to see a need for an organisation which supports Early Music on a chamber music scale, and which can attract nationally recognized performers to this comparatively remote corner of the country. Membership is currently some 80 people. More than half our members come from beyond Totnes – from villages and towns in the South Hams, Torbay, Exeter and Plymouth. A second aim, to develop awareness of the variety of early music and a deeper appreciation of the music and its historical roots, remains to be fully addressed. Our concerts contribute to this aim, and are supported by occasional lectures, lecture-recitals and workshops. We would like to do more to promote early music and encourage young people in particular to discover the pleasures of the wide range of repertoire available. |
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