November 13: The Romantic French Prelude as Reverie
This Wednesday, November 13th, in Barnes Hall at 7:30 p.m., guest artist Stefania Neonato will perform preludes by Charles Alkan and Claude Debussy.
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The Cornell Center for Historical Keyboards fosters original and imaginative approaches to the performance and study of keyboard instruments, their technological underpinnings, their intersections with other arts, and their participation in the global currents of cultural and social history.
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November 15: Salon Discusses Lineage of Piano Instruction
Our next salon of this season, "Steps to Perfection: Piano Teaching from Clementi to Chopin", is on Friday, November 15th, traditionally at 5pm in the A.D. White House. Discussion and performance by Patricia Garcia Gil and Andrew Willis.
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November 1-2: Chao Yuen-Ren’s Musical Legacy Unveiled
Join us on Friday, November 1, at 7:30pm at Barnes for the opening concert of the two-day symposium-performance "Chao Yuen-Ren’s Art of Songs."
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Johnson Museum to Host Patricia García Gil’s Performance-Presentation on Role of Women in Preservation of Colonial Music of Latin Americas
On November 9th, Patricia García Gil, CCHK's artist-in-residence, will present “Voices of Influence: Exploring Power Dynamics in the Conservation of Musical Heritage in Colonial Latin America” at the Johnson Museum of Art’s upcoming symposium, Reimagining the Américas. Attend in person at the Museum...
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Ives Festival Continues With A Recital Of Rarely-Heard Violin Sonatas
ALL THE WRONG NOTES: CHARLES IVES AT 150 continues on October 25, 7:30pm at Barnes Hall with a recital of all four rarely-heard Violin Sonatas, performed by guest violinist KJ McDonald and DMA pianist Ariel Mo.
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The Opening Concert of ALL THE WRONG NOTES: CHARLES IVES AT 150
The opening concert of the festival celebrating 150th Birthday of the iconoclast of American music, Charles Ives, takes place on Sunday, October 20, at 7:30pm in Barnes Hall.
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"Chao Yuen-Ren’s Art of Songs": Celebrating a Pioneering Chinese-American Polymath and Cornell Alumnus
A concert-symposium-exhibit celebrating the legacy of Chao Yuen-Ren, a pioneering Chinese-American polymath and Cornell alumnus (Class of 1914), will take place on November 1-2.
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October 22: The First 150 Years of the Piano with Andrew Willis
Join us on Tuesday, October 22, at 7:30pm in Barnes Hall for a program of Bach, Chopin and Haydn on 1479 Silbermann replica by Paul McNulty and 1843 Pleyel grand.
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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.
