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Music

Music programming at the Folger includes the Folger Consort (our award-winning early music ensemble-in-residence), related talks and seminars, songwriting workshops, and more.
Early Music Seminar: Love Songs of the 15th Century

Early Music Seminar: Love Songs of the 15th Century

Folger Consort Artistic Director Robert Eisenstein leads a lively virtual seminar that offers a sneak peek at the music performed in the Folger Consort’s upcoming concert Love Songs of the 15th Century.
Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 6pm ET
Virtual - On Zoom
Love Songs of the 15th Century

Love Songs of the 15th Century

Performing the sole surviving musical setting of a ballad written by poet Christine de Pisan, author of the early feminist utopia The City of Ladies, Folger Consort’s February concert will be an affair to remember.
Fri, Feb 13 – Sun, Feb 15, 2026
Folger Theatre
Early Music Seminar: An English Garden

Early Music Seminar: An English Garden

Folger Consort Artistic Director Robert Eisenstein leads a lively virtual seminar that offers a sneak peek at the music performed in the Folger Consort’s upcoming concert An English Garden.
Wed, May 6, 2026 at 6pm ET
Virtual - On Zoom
An English Garden

An English Garden

Folger Consort presents a program of Elizabethan songs and instrumental music interspersed with short readings of poems, garden descriptions, and advice from contemporary authors.
Fri, May 8 – Sun, May 10, 2026
Folger Theatre