Philmore Ensemble offers a fresh and engaging look at the works of popular and lesser-known composers, and brings to life music that has fallen into obscurity or aims to shed a different light on well-known music. With a special focus on nineteenth-century music and nineteenth-century performance practice, Philmore Ensemble plays works from the Renaissance era through the twenty-first century. Entertaining and informative, this versatile chamber ensemble performs in various combinations with voice, flute, violin, viola, mandolin, lute and guitar. Their historically informed performances, informal atmosphere and anecdotal histories on the music itself, promises an entirely new concert experience.

Philmore Ensemble also performs recitals with an academic approach to highlight the specific historical, cultural or stylistic importance of the music. Topics include the bel canto style, guitar lieder, and lute song. An informative approach to the music not only makes the music more enjoyable for the listener, it aids in a broader understanding of music of the period as well as music of the present.