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What is Historically Informed Performance (HIP)?

H+H follows Historically Informed Performance practices, commonly shortened to HIP. Because H+H performs music from the 17th though the early-19th centuries, current understanding of the musical traditions associated with those centuries underlies any performance decision.

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Joe from Marketing reveals top concert picks for 2025–26 Season

Subscriptions are now on sale for our 2025–26 Season and you can secure your spot online or by calling our Box Office. Plus, single tickets for our thrilling season opener, Handel’s Saul, are officially on sale now. Not sure which concerts to choose? Don’t worry–Joe from Marketing has got you covered! Joe shares his top …

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Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society Announces Second Stone Fellowship Cohort: Violinist Eliana Estrada and Cellist Sarah Ghandour Join H+H as Stone Fellows for 2025-27 Seasons

Prestigious two-year Stone Fellowship is designed to foster the development of early-career musicians with ethnicities historically underrepresented in the field of period performance. BOSTON | The Handel and Haydn Society announces the selection of emerging instrumentalists Eliana Estrada (violin) and Sarah Ghandour (cello) as Stone Fellows for the 2025-2027 seasons, following a competitive live audition …

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Chris Petre-Baumer, of the Handel and Haydn Society, One of Thirty-Five Professionals Selected to Attend League of American Orchestras’ Essentials of Orchestra Management Program

League’s Flagship Professional Development Program Established 25 Years Ago [Boston, MA] – Chris Petre-Baumer, Director of Marketing and Creative of the Handel and Haydn Society, is among an international cohort of 35 orchestra and arts professionals selected to participate in Essentials of Orchestra Management, the League of American Orchestras’ premier leadership development program. The ten-day …

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A Guide to Baroque Brass Instruments: Baroque Trumpet and Trombone

By John Tamilio III, Ph.D. There is a moment during H+H’s performance of Handel’s Messiah when two trumpet players emerge from opposite wings of the Symphony Hall balcony and play a fanfare. It’s one of my favorite parts of this famous oratorio. My heart skips a beat at the sound of the majestic flourish, imagining that this is how …

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