[2] Several eminent musicians have chaired the Association in the past, including Christopher Page, Peter Holman (currently President) and the late Clifford Bartlett.
[citation needed] A conference on 'The future of early music in Britain' was held on 14–16 May 1977 in the Waterloo Room of the Royal Festival Hall, London.
More than 180 delegates took part representing performers, scholars, instrument-makers, publishers, libraries, festivals, broadcasters, societies, retailers, journals, record companies, concert agencies, museums, archives and schools.
[6] NEMA's publications bring the most important new scholarship to practising early musicians, and keep its readers up to date with the latest news from the world of Historically Informed Performance [HIP].
[12] In July 2009, NEMA held a conference Singing music from 1500 to 1900: style, technique, knowledge, assertion, experiment in conjunction with the University of York.
[16] The Fora were a formative influence on present members of the NEMA council, with Francis Knights attending the founding meeting of the Eastern Early Music Forum.