“EARLY MUSIC IN NEW YORK: THEN AND NOW” A Panel Discussion

EARLY MUSIC FOUNDATION and EARLY MUSIC AMERICA

to co-present

“EARLY MUSIC IN NEW YORK: THEN AND NOW”

A Panel Discussion

Tuesday, October 1, 2024 at 7:30 PM

First Church of Christ, Scientist

Central Park West and 68th Street

FREE ADMISSION, RSVP REQUESTED

Hosted by ROBERT AUBRY DAVIS

Creator and Host of Public Radio and SiriusXM Program “Millennium of Music”

Panelists will include:

• LOUISE BASBAS – Founder and former Executive Director of the Concert Series Music Before 1800
• NICOLA CANZANO – Composer, harpsichordist and organist specializing in historical composition and improvisation
• DAVID MC CORMICK – Executive Director of Early Music America, multi-instrumentalist, scholar and educator
• PATRICIA ANN NEELY – Early bowed string instrument specialist, director of Abendmusik (New York’s Early Music String Band)
• CHRISTOPHER PRESTON THOMPSON – Tenor, historical harpist, musicologist, Artistic Director of Concordian Dawn
• GWENDOLYN TOTH – Specialist in early keyboard instruments (organ, harpsichord, fortepiano), Director of ARTEK