Collegium Musicum means something like musical guild and was used generically as the name of musical societies and ensembles in the baroque era, and is sometimes used similarly today by ensembles playing early music.
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It was founded by violinist Simon Standage and conductor Richard Hickox in 1990 and was jointly directed by them (either together or separately) until the death of Hickox in November 2008.
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart | Collegium Nobilium | Collegium Vocale Köln | Syntagma Musicum | Collegium Musicum | Collegium Regium Stockholmense | Collegium Nobilium (Warsaw) | Collegium Marianum | Collegium Hungaricum | Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum |
Vivaldi: Ottone in Villa – Susan Gritton (Cleonilla, soprano), Monica Groop (Ottone, mezzosoprano), Nancy Argenta (Caio Silio, soprano), Mark Padmore (Decio, tenor), Sophie Daneman (Tullia, soprano); Collegium Musicum 90; Richard Hickox (conductor).