Historical music for every time and every occasion

SCEMC, directed by Tom Axworthy, provides professional musicians and spirited performances of the music of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Baroque era, the Regency, the Victorian era, and the early 20th Century.

The SCEMC currently provides bands for the following recurring events:

The Social Daunce Irregulars Victorian Grand Ball
The Philadelphia Quadrille Band & Promenade Orchestra (Victorian Dance Band)
This site includes videos of the band playing at the ball.

The Jane Austen Evening
The Philadelphia Academy of Music (Baroque Dance Band)
This site includes a video of the band playing at the ball

The Renaissance Pleasure Faire
View a Quicktime Video of the SCEMC performing with a Renaissance Dance Troupe at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.

Mr. Fezziwig's Ball (Part of the annual Riverside Dickens Festival)
The Philadelphia Quadrille Band & Promenade Orchestra (Victorian Dance Band)

In addition to these, Tom can provide a Victorian Brass Quartet (Perfect for Christmas programs), a Dixieland Jazz Band, A Revolutionary War Fife and Drum Corps and many others.

For more information, contact Tom Axworthy.

This site is hosted by the Lively Arts History Association