Ellen Hargis News Today

Every week we put together a list of the plenty things to do in Coachella Valley. Read the article to find events and entertainment to check out.

Fri Dec. 23 at 10AM on 90.5 FM & STREAMING | The Newberry Consort and EnsAmble Ad-Hoc present A Mexican Christmas, 17th century traditional music for worship and celebration.

Morehead State Public Radio has special programs planned for the holiday season, as we celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas, the Winter Solstice and more. Happy Holidays from Morehead State Public Radio!

Second Sunday Shakespeare Series on WVXU

Approaching the end of a long tenure, the artistic, administrative, and life partners of Newberry Consort reflect and look ahead.

David Douglass and Ellen Hargis formally hand off the reins of Newberry Consort to Liza Malamut with “Four Queens and a Joker” at University of Chicago this weekend.

Heading into college 40 years ago, Ellen Hargis planned to become a linguist. David Douglass, now married to Hargis, had entered as a chemistry major. But when they graduated, they both had degrees in early music, an era that broadly covers the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods. “We both joined up the early music ensemble...

From Symphony Center Presents Jazz to concerts at Constellation, there's plenty to pick from this winter. But some sad news from Spektral Quartet.

TPR's Barry Brake shares a new album of early Mexican music to celebrate Christmas, recorded by the Newberry Consort.

The Newberry Consort is swapping out church steeples for your Spotify playlists. Northwestern’s ensemble-in-residence will release their newly recorded collection of music on Friday, February 5 over Zoom. This new collection,“VESPERS,” will feature the music of the “mysterious” Mexican composer Juan de Lienas. Originally composed in the early 17th century for convents, this collection has been restructured and directed by soprano and Newberry Consort director Ellen Hargis. This album ...