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National Centre for Early Music
About Us
The NCEM is an accessible, flexible and intimate music venue, based in the medieval, Grade I listed, converted church of St Margaret’s which stands in the heart of the City of York in an attractive and spacious church garden. As well as promoting a spring and autumn season of high class artists from around the world we are also the home of the internationally acclaimed York Early Music Festival..
The York Early Music Festival was established in 1977 and is designed to celebrate York’s myriad medieval churches, guildhalls and historic houses through historically informed music making of the highest international standard. The Festival is the ‘jewel in the crown’ of the NCEM’s annual programme and enjoyed by visitors from across the world.
In 1997 the York Early Music Christmas Festival was created to introduce audiences to the extraordinary wealth of music associated with Advent, Christmas and Epiphany, from the Medieval to the Baroque, intertwined with the sagas, stories and tales of the north.
The NCEM is available for hire for concerts, weddings, parties, conferences and other events.
Opening Times
Monday - Friday: 9.00am - 5.00pm
Facilities
- Wheelchair access
- Disabled toilets
- Facilities for hearing impaired
- Baby changing facilities
- Children welcome
- Advance booking encouraged
- Meeting room
- Facilities for educational visits
- Groups welcome
- Bar
- Board/Flipchart
- Facilities for conferencing
- Facilities for corporate hospitality
- Grounds for outdoor activities
- Wedding receptions
Location
Events at National Centre for Early Music
Reginald Mobley & Baptiste Trotignon
Just as Bach, Beethoven and Mozart were settling the backbone of Western European musical canon, across the Atlantic, i…
John Etheridge & Kit Holmes
Enjoy an uplifting evening of: blues, folk, jazz, African grooves and much more from two outstanding guitarists John Et…
Budapest Cafe Orchestra
Christian Garrick violin, darbukaEddie Hession accordionKelly Cantlon double bassAdrian Zolotuhin guitar, saz, balalaik…
University of York Baroque Ensemble
Music in Action Intrigue-laden opera plots, erupting volcanoes, spurned love, sudden death, sorcery and dastardly deeds…
York Early Music Festival
The 2023 Festival runs from Friday 7th - Friday 14th July and commemorates one of England’s most celebrated composers, …
The City Musick
The Count and The Duke: A Renaissance Bid Band With a band of 20 musicians, The City Musick presents a homage to the ic…
Ensemble Fantasticus
Biber the most fancifulA monumental composer at the crossroads of Italy and Germany The sonatas of violinist-composer H…
Ensemble Jupiter & Iestyn Davies
Eternal Source of Light Joining us for the first time with his ensemble of players, we are delighted to welcome lutenis…
Butter Quartet
Well Met by Moonlight A programme based on the deceptions and hazy mistaken identities of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Nig…
BBC Radio 3 Early Music Show
Presented by Hannah French Join us for a live broadcast of this popular show and meet selected guests from the Festival…
Minster Minstrels
A Musical Magic Box: The Art of Baroque Variation Variation employs the art of disguise, presenting simple ideas in man…
The Sixteen
Marking the 400th anniversary of the death of William Byrd, an exploration of the influences, colleagues and pervading …
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