Hausmusik was created to allow Bay Area music lovers to experience chamber music in small, intimate settings, recreating the ambiance in which much 14th–18th-century music was performed—at court, in small chapels, or in the drawing rooms of private homes, for family, friends and patrons. Beginning as a series of intimate, informal concerts in Bay Area homes, Hausmusik moved into the parish hall at St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Albany, making it a real community concert series—the first such series in the city of Albany, for which director Eileen Hadidian received the city's 1992 Citizen of the Year in the Arts award. Over the years, Hausmusik has helped support local musicians, particularly those interested in trying out new programs and exploring the crossover between early and ethnic music. The concerts, which are still held in the St. Alban's parish hall—an intimate yet acoustically live room reminiscent of an English manor house—present a varied cast of performers drawn from the wide pool of early music talent in the Bay Area. Each concert features a different theme, spanning the late Middle Ages through the 18th century.

In addition to the concert series, Hausmusik is currently developing a special service project to explore the healing power of music and to take it into local hospitals.  Eileen Hadidian and harpist Natalie Cox are creating a CD to make this music available to anyone who wants to experience the healing power of music, and to raise funds for their hospital programs.