Nov. 11 Fortepiano Performance at the Ships of the Sea Museum, Savannah, Georgia

I will be bringing a fortepiano for the annual Museum in the Moonlight, 7-9 pm, on November 11th at the beautiful Ships of the Sea Museum in Savannah, Georgia’s historic district. Come enjoy early 19th century American, British and European fortepiano music while strolling the music and garden at this annual free event!

for more information: Ships of the Sea Museum calendar of events

PTG Workshop October 8th, 2011, Savannah, Georgia

On Saturday, October 8th, I hosted an all day workshop for members of the Savannah-Charleston chapters of the Piano Technicians Guild. Members were able to up close study and discuss a circa 1800 Broadwood square, harpsichord stringing issues, making hitchpin loops and stringing using hole-less tuning pins, and studied a late 19th century Chickering upright piano action.

For more information about the PTG, see: PTG

June 4, 2011, The Goliards at the Ships of the Sea Museum

We’ll be doing a “Best of Goliards” concert for a free concert with refreshments in the beautiful garden at the Ships of the Sea Museum in downtown Savannah. Singers Cuffy Sullivan and Jonathan Brazel, John Hillenbrand on vielle and violin, Jonathan Brazel on recorders, and myself on symphonie and my English Bentside Spinet harpsichord. Yes, I’ve managed to get the Goliards to venture into “modern” music, dragging them into the 17th century! Also, yes, I’m breaking my rule about not taking a harpsichord to an outdoor performance.

7:30 p.m. The Ships of the Sea Museum, 41 Martin Luther King Blvd., Savannah, GA
For more information see: www.shipsofthesea.org

May 14, 2011 Lecture and Performance at SEHKS Conference

At the South Eastern Historical Keyboard Society Conference, this year in Macon, Georgia, I will be giving a lecture on “An Introduction to the English Square Piano”, and that night performing a Philadelphia Sonata by Reinagle and Dussek’s, The Sufferings of the Queen of France on an 1805 Tomkison square piano I restored in 2010 on a program with other performers.

For more information see www.sehks.org

May 1, 2011 Spring Concert with Savannah Children’s Choir

The Savannah Children’s Choir final concert of an amazing season! Myself at the piano.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Savannah, Georgia

4 p.m. May 1, 2011

for more information see Savannah Children’s Choir

April 30, 2011 The Goliards present Raimbaut the Troubadour

An amazing dramatic performance of the life story of Raimbaut de Vaquieras, 8 p.m.
with readings from the Vidas and Razos (contemporaneous accounts of the lives of the troubadours) and songs written by Raimbaut and several of his contemporaries. Singers and narrators Ashley Adams, Cuffy Sullivan and Jonathan Brazel, John Hillenbrand vielle and rebec, Jonathan Brazel recorders, Anne Acker organ and symphonie.

8 p.m. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Savannah, GA

for more information see savannahgoliards.com

March 22, 2011 Savannah Children’s Choir Gala Concert with Keith Miller and Rachel Waiters

The Savannah Children’s Choir’s most amazing concert ever. We end with the premier of a new work by composer Eric Jones based on The Songs of Creation poem by James Weldon Johnson with orchestra, piano, choir and our guest artists baritone Keith Miller, mezzo-soprano Rachel Waiters, and tenor Darian Cloonts. The first half features performances by the Savannah Arts Academy choir, and the Savannah Children’s Choir alone and with our guest artists, as well as solo performances by our guest artists. Yours truly here at the piano.

7 p.m. at the Lucas Theatre, Savannah, Georgia

For more information see www.savannahchoir.org

Dec. 19, 2010 The Latin Sibyls Performance with the Goliards

A dramatic performance of the Latin Sibyls by the Goliards at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 4 p.m. Vocalists Ashley Adams, Cuffy Sullivan and Jonathan Brazel along with Anne Durant, harp, John Hillenbrand, vielle and rebec, Jonathan Brazel, recorders, and myself, Anne Acker on the symphonie, a keyed hurdy gurdy.

For more information see: www.savannahgoliards.org

Dec. 4, 2010 Festival of Light Service for Hospice Savannah with the SCC

The Savannah Children’s Senior Choir is invited back to sing for this moving service for those who have passed on after having been served by Hospice Savannah. Yours truly on the digital piano again, hey it’s outside!

5 p.m. at the bandshell in Forsyth Park

For more information seeHospice Savannah and

Dec. 5, 2010 Jepson Gospel Brunch performance with SCC

Yes, they invited us back for to the amazing Jepson Center for the Arts.

see the Telfair’s event schedule and www.savannahchoir.org for details.

Yours truly at the, um, digital piano, sorry, they don’t have an acoustic piano there yet!