The '''Early Music Ensemble''' is a group of instrumentalists and vocalists at [[Virginia Tech]] performing historical music. The group was founded in 1996 as the outgrowth of a program of class and studio instruction in early instruments and informal recorder and vocal/instrumental ensembles. The group studies and performs the music and the instruments of the [[Medieval]], [[Renaissance]], and [[Baroque]] periods. The group was founded and is directed by John Howell former director of [[The New Virginians]]. ==See also==*[[List of early music ensembles]]