April 23, 2026 @ 1:15 pm – 2:00 pm – Her Perspective Grace Srinivasan ~ soprano Paula Maust ~ harpsichord With guest artist: Amy Domingues ~ viola da gamba Women have been actively involved in the process of music-making as composers, performers, teachers, copyists, and patrons since antiquity, although their contributions have often been overshadowed in our historical narratives. Likewise, the life stories of […]
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April 24, 2026 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm – Organized by the Organology Study Group of the American Musicological Society, this session aims to be a cursory introduction for scholars interested in working with instruments in museum collections, including the range of expectations on site, conservation concerns, challenges in measuring instruments, and approaches to using evidence from instruments in scholarly arguments. The session aims […]
April 24, 2026 – April 25, 2026 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Alkemie will premiere Eleanor, a brand-new queer chamber opera by Alkemie core-member Niccolo Seligmann, at the experimental New Stage Performance Space on the Upper West Side on April 24 and 25. This semi-staged performance dives into the story of Eleanor Rykener, a gender-nonconforming person arrested in London in 1394 while presenting as a woman. We […]
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April 24, 2026 @ 7:30 pm – Rising star soprano Hannah De Priest is featured in a brilliant Handelian showcase including excerpts from Apollo and Daphne and a show-stopping motet for soprano and ensemble, Silete venti. Brilliant instrumental works complete this all-Handel program. FEATURED ARTISTS Hannah De Priest, soprano Debra Nagy, oboe and director Shelby Yamin, violin Laura Lutzke, violin Kate Goddard, […]
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April 25, 2026 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Johann Sebastian Bach Messe in H-moll, BWV 232 Our season finale—Bach’s Mass in B Minor—is arguably among the greatest musical compositions in any tradition. Through this work, Bach has given us a reservoir of comfort and healing for the soul. Although he likely never performed the work in its entirety during his lifetime, Bach’s surviving documents […]
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