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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
[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.
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.
February 26: Guests Anne Laver and William Knuth at Midday Music
In Sage Chapel on Wednesday, February 26th, at 12:30 PM: a beautiful blend of violin and organ, along with solo organ performances by guests from Syracuse University.
February 23: Distinguished Guest Artist Isabelle Demers Organ Recital
Internationally sought-after concert organist brings her extraordinary musicianship to the Aeollian-Skinner organ this Sunday, February 23rd. Join us in the Sage chapel at 3pm for the music of 19th & 20th-21st centuries.
[canceled] February 14: A Valentine’s Day Salon featuring Jean-Bernard Cerin and Sezi Seskir
Melancholy and escapism in the mélodie and piano music by French, Canadian, and Haitian composers. Join us at 5pm on February 14th in the historic A.D. Whilte House.
February 12: Guest Anne Spink at Midday Music
Join us for a midday break with guest organist Anne Spink at 12:30pm on Wednesday, February 12th at Sage Chapel.
February 7: Visiting Artistic Researcher Gabriel Merrill-Steskal presents a Lecture/Recital at the Schwartz Center
Come to the Film Forum at the Schwartz Center at 7:30pm, on February 7th, for a lecture-recital on the differences between Viennese and English pianos at the turn of the 19th century.
January 31: A Salon on Music and Science Inspired by Madame Lavoisier presented by Patricia Garcia Gil
Nothing is Lost. Nothing is Created. Everything is Transformed. Join us on Friday, January 31st for the first salon of this semester presented by Patricia García Gil.
February 1: David Yearsley and Baroque violinist Martin Davids Album Release Recital
February 1st at Anabel Taylor Chapel: presentation of the newest album by False Azure Records, "In the Cabinet of Wonders with Scheidemann and Schop: Music for Organ and Violin from 17th-Century Hamburg," featuring violinist Martin Davids and organist David Yearsley.
December 13: Historical Keyboarding in Action
At 5pm this Friday, December 13th, at the historic A.D. White House, Isaac Dorio, Federico Ercoli, Ariel Mo, and Matías de Roux present research they have pursued over the course of “Historical Keyboarding,” a seminar taught by CCHK director Roger Moseley this semester.
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.
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.
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."
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 or via Zoom.
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 '25.
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.
David Yearsley’s New Album Finds Him Feasting With Handel at the King of Instruments
We are delighted to announce that David Yearsley, Herbert Gussman Professor of Music, has just released a colorful new album, Handel’s Organ Banquet, on False Azure Records, a label founded by Ryan McCullough. Listen to the album on Bandcamp.
October 10: Smithsonian Academy Orchestra with Patricia Garcia Gil
Experience a program of Haydn and Beethoven brought by the Smithsonian Academy Orchestra, conducted by Kenneth Slowik, and featuring our Postdoctoral Artist-in-Residence Patricia García Gil.
Organ Midday Music for Fall 2024
Organ music at Cornell begins again this Wednesday at 12:30pm, as we launch our Fall 2024 recital series with Midday Music for Organ in Sage Chapel.
September 20: Organ Recital by Guest Artist Balint Karosi
Join us on Friday, September 20th, 2024 at Anabel Taylor Chapel at 7:30pm.
September 13: Salon Project with Malcolm Bilson
Join us on Friday, September 13th, 2024 at the historic A.D. White House at 5pm for the first Salon Project of the Fall 2024 semester with Malcolm Bilson: “The Opening Piano Solo of Beethoven‘s Fourth Piano Concerto: A Short Talk on a (perhaps) Long Subject“.
September 10: CCHK Postdoctoral Artist in Residence Recital by Patricia Garcia Gil
The CCHK opens the Fall 2024 semester with a fortepiano recital featuring the new Postdoctoral Artist in Residence Patricia Garcia Gil in a program titled “Spanish Serenades and Chopinian Charms" on Tuesday, September 10th, 2024 at 7:30pm at Barnes Hall.
Forte | Piano 2025 Crafting Soundscapes: Call For Proposals
We invite proposals for recitals, talks and innovative presentations from performers, scholars, organologists, builders, and technicians for an international festival to be held at Cornell University from August 5-10, 2025. Deadline is extended to October 15, 2024.
Forte/Piano Summer Academy Concerts
Join us July 30 - August 3 for the Forte/Piano Summer Academy events featuring Chamber Music Collective student and faculty performances, salons, and showcase concerts, all free and open to the public.
Tomorrow: Guest Artist Recital by Boris Berman
Join us tomorrow, April 16, at 7:30pm in Barnes Hall for a full-length recital “The Dawn of Modernism” by a guest artist Boris Berman, an internationally sought-after teacher and performer.
April 26: Improvisation at Work. Workshop-symposium
An evening of invention, surprise, and collaboration with two of today’s most distinguished experts on improvisation in historical styles, William Porter and Edoardo Bellotti, and the winner in 2020 of the American Guild of Organists’ National Competition in Organ Improvisation, Ivan Bosnar. This event is a collaboration between Cornell, Syracuse University, and Eastman School of Music.
Call for Proposals, Small Grants Program - Cornell Graduate Students and Faculty
The Cornell Center for Historical Keyboards invites applications for small grants to support research by members of the Cornell community relating to the history and culture of keyboard instruments.
This Friday, March 1: Salon with Theodora Serbanescu-Martin
Extreme Pianism: The Technologies, Gimmicks, and Aesthetics of Nineteenth-Century Virtuosity
Alexander Melnikov: international star pianist in residency at CCHK on February 18-21
International star pianist and CCHK Artist-in-Residence Alexander Melnikov brings his extraordinary expertise on both modern and historic pianos to Cornell for a residency on February 18th-21st.
This Friday, February 2: Salon with C.P.E. Bach’s Musical Portraits
Neil Saccamano (Associate Professor Emeritus of English) joins Annette Richards (Professor of Music and University Organist) for a conversation about her recent book The Temple of Fame and Friendship: Portraits, Music, and History in the C. P. E. Bach Circle (Chicago, 2022), with performances on piano and clavichord by Xak Bjerken, Roger Moseley, and David Yearsley.
Nov 30 - Dec 1: Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru at 100
Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru at 100 is a two-day symposium celebrating the music and life of the legendary Ethiopian composer, pianist, and nun, Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru. The events will include panel discussions about Emahoy’s life and archive, and presentations of Emahoy’s music (some never yet performed) in live concert performances, and from her personal recordings. All events will be free and open to the public, and hosted on Cornell’s campus.
This Friday, November 17: Salon with Patricia Garcia Gil
The final salon of the Fall 2023 semester features a Spanish fortepianist Patricia Gill with conversation and music centered around Marianna Martines (1744-1812) and her keyboard sonatas.
This Wednesday: Midday Music for Organ with Edoardo Bellotti
In the Midday Music for Organ recital on Wednesday November 15th, guest organist Edoardo Bellotti of the University of the Arts, Bremen (Germany) and the Eastman School of Music will explore the early 18th-century fan-culture that bloomed around Corelli’s fame and legacy
November 3 Salon Postponed
Previously scheduled for Friday, November 3, the Keyboard Salon with Boris Berman, an internationally acclaimed pianist and pedagogue, has been postponed. Please check the events page for the most up-to-date schedule.
Midday Music for Organ with guest organist Daniel Minnick this Wednesday, November 1
Guest organist Daniel Minnick joins us this Wednesday (Nov 1) from the Eastman School of Music to perform on the Aeolian-Skinner organ in Sage Chapel.
Midday Music for Organ with Jeffrey Snedeker on Wednesday, October 18
Jeffrey Snedeker will perform a Midday Music for Organ with a program featuring music inspired by the natural music of birdsong.
Fitz Gibbon - McCullough Duo to Perform Brahms This Weekend
Lucy Fitz Gibbon and Ryan McCullough are at CCHK to perform Brahms on Friday (9/22) and Saturday (9/23).
Midday Music for Organ to begin this Wednesday, September 6
Midday Music for Organ, Fall 2023, to begin this Wednesday, September 6. Across the semester, organ recitals this fall offer music from six centuries and three continents on three organs played by five guest recitalists and the University Organist.
“Trans-Atlantic Evening of Song” with baritone Jean Bernard Cerin and pianist Xak Bjerken
The first Salon in the CCHK’s Fall 2023 series is this Friday.
Save the Date for Sustaining Keyboards symposium Sept. 15-16
This symposium asks how notions of sustainability might prompt us to think anew about keyboard histories, embedded as they are in ecologies of nature and commerce, artifice and art, craft and industry. To what extent are those histories, and the instruments that embody them, sustainable into an uncertain future?