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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
Fitkinwall: Harpland
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OAE TOTS
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The Night Shift
Bach and his fellow 18th century composers were nothing if not practical musicians, often re-inventing their own materi…
Diary of a Lost Girl
Directed by G.W. PabstGermany, 1929104 minutesPG Trailblazing pianist Utsav Lal scores rarely-shown gem starring Louise…
Juan Martin
Legendary guitarist/composer shares the magic of Spain on a midsummer night. A renown Flamenco specialist, Juan’s uniqu…
Concerto Soave
Frescobaldi’s Arie musicali, published in the 1630s but less well-known than his famous keyboard pieces, are peaks of t…
York Early Music Festival
In 2024, we are celebrating this wealth of musical creativity through the human voice and song, the combination prized …
Yorkshire Baroque Soloists
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The Sixteen
In the late 16th-century Orlande de Lassus was the most celebrated composer in Europe. He was without doubt the most fa…
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