About Camerata Musica
Camerata Musica Cambridge takes its name from the celebrated Florentine Camerata — or Camerata Fiorentina — founded in Florence in 1573 by a group of scholars and musicians to promote a revival in what was then defined as Classical music or ‘musica antica’ — the music and poetry of antiquity — with a view to bringing a new generation into contact with its riches.
Cambridge’s Camerata Musica has a similar objective. It exists to bring new - and, in particular, student - audiences to classical music. It offers its audience the opportunity to hear some of the greatest masterpieces of the Western musical canon in performances by interpreters of international distinction. It is the only concert programme in the country that reserves more than half its seats for students and those under 25. These tickets are made available at generously subsidized prices.
Founded in the 2005/6 academic year by Dr John Adamson and the late Neil Plevy, Camerata Musica is an initiative of Peterhouse, the oldest of the University of Cambridge's constituent colleges. Performances are held in the concert hall of Peterhouse, the Friends of Peterhouse Theatre, by kind permission of the Master and Fellows, and in other venues in Cambridge.
COMMITTEE
Dr John Adamson, Artistic Director & Chairman
Joshua Borin, Concerts Administrator and Secretary to the Committee
Dr Timothy Dickens
Ms Amanda Farnsworth
Dr Maria Furtwängler
The Revd Dr Stephen Hampton
Professor Richard Holton, Senior Treasurer
Dr Simon Jackson
Dr Christopher Lester
Professor Andrew Lever
Andrea Peripoli
Leo Popplewell
Dr Robert Ross-Russell
Dr James Talbot
Matthew Thal, Alumni Representative
Dr Geraint Thomas
Dr András Zsák
FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION
Mrs Ann Munro
CONCERTS ADMINISTRATOR AND SECRETARY TO THE COMMITTEE
Joshua Borin
DEPUTY CONCERTS ADMINISTRATOR
TBA
WEBSITE AND WEB DEVELOPMENT
Dr Adam Thorn
TUNER AND ADVISER FOR HISTORIC KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS
Simon Neal
PUBLICITY
Jack Hewetson
WEBMASTER
TBA
Camerata Musica records its thanks for Dr Adam Thorn for the design and maintenance of its website.
