March 26: Celebrate Bach’s Birthday with David Yearsley
Johann Sebastian Bach turns 340 on March 31st. Join us for a midday break on Wednesday, March 26th at Anabel Taylor Chapel at 12:30pm to celebrate the composer's birthday.
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Johnson Museum and CCHK present American Women at the Piano 1814-17
Thursday, March 20: Patricia Garcia Gil, our artist-in-residence, and Andrew C. Weislogel, curator of Earlier European and American Art at the Johnson Museum, present an evening of music of lesser-known American female composers.
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Annette Richard's ‘Rrrrrrrrrr’ recital postponed to May 8
Anette Richard's organ recital in Anabel Taylor Chapel, originally planned for this coming Tuesday, March 11th, is postponed to Thursday, May 8th at 7:30pm.
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Applications Open For June 2025 Six-Day Chamber Music Program On Period Instruments
The fourth meeting of the Chamber Music Collective will take place in June 2025. Applications are now being accepted for a six-day intensive chamber music program from advanced music students and young professionals in strings, piano, and voice.
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March 14: Salon with Andrew Willis and period instruments ensemble The Vivaldi Project
A program of little-known classical string trios by Haydn and Boccherini alongside Mozart’s Piano Quartet in G Minor, presented by Andrew Willis and period instrument ensemble The Vivaldi Project.
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March 12: Jack Yarborough at Midday Music
Jack Yarborough (DMA candidate, piano) makes his debut organ recital on Aeolian Skinner and Vicedomini organs at a Midday Music program on Wedensday, March 12, at 12:30pm.
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[postponed to May 8] March 11: Cornell faculty organist, Annette Richards presents “Rrrrrrrrr”
Exploration of the versatility and humorous potential of the Anabel Taylor organ with Annette Richards. Postponed to May 8.
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February 27: Music and Sound Studies Colloquium: Roger Moseley "Failing in a Cool Way: Gestures of Insouciance and Resignation in the Music of Louis Cole”
Join the Colloquium on Thursday, February 27th at Lincoln Hall, Room 124 at 4:30pm.
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A History of Decay: Developing a Sonic Archive for the Cornell Center for Historical Keyboards
By Joshua Biggs
DMA candidate Joshua Biggs discusses the creation of a digital library of samples drawn from the CCHK’s collection.
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