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Cornell Center for Historical Keyboards

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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This Friday and Saturday: 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."

Unidentified artist, Noah's Ark, Late 18th century, Oil on canvas, Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation.

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...

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.

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.

"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.

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.

Annette Richards Performs "Ancient and Modern" Tomorrow on Baroque Organ, Featured in the Daily Sun

Join us tomorrow at 12:30 PM in Anabel Taylor Chapel for a captivating 40-minute program “Ancient and Modern, c. 1773” performed on the Baroque Organ recently featured in the Cornell Daily Sun article "The Titans of Anabel Taylor Chapel: Richards, Yearsley and the Baroque Organ" by Aidan Goldberg '2...

Forte | Piano 2025: Call for Proposals Extended Deadline

We are extending the deadline to submit proposals for the Forte | Piano 2025, a major international festival to be held from August 5-10, 2025. Submit the proposal by October 15, 2024.

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