The Aberdeen Early Music Collective was formed in 2014 as a project-based ensemble with flexible membership, formed with musicians from Aberdeen, Basel, Glasgow, London, Manchester, and Montréal, and performed a large variety of programmes until 2023. We collaborated with scholars to showcase the fruits of recent researches in musicology, such as new editions or performance practice insights, performed on historical instruments. We invited established as well as up-and-coming musicians to join us in performances of repertoire ranging from the 15th century to the 18th century.

Participants have included: Frauke Jürgensen, soprano/dance/keyboard; Amanda Babington, violin/recorder/musette; David Smith, recorder/keyboard; Caroline Ritchie, viola da gamba/cello; Claire Babington, cello; Ralph Stelzenmüller, keyboard, Grant Golding, natural trumpet, Karim Nasr, historical woodwinds; Jamie Akers, theorbo; and Alex McCartney, guitar/theorbo; Esteban La Rotta, lute/theorbo; Dina König, alto, Eleanor Harrion, violin; Tassilo Ehrhardt, violin, Aden Mazur, violin, Jennifer Piggot, violin and vielle.