A $5 million gift from the Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation to the Cornell Center for Historical Keyboards (CCHK) will secure the future of its museum-quality holdings, as well as a rich program of concerts, festivals and educational offerings.
“The instruments, which include pianos and organs from the 18th century to the present, are the core,” said the center’s founding director, Annette Richards, the Given Foundation Professor in the Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and university organist.
“But we are also committed to bringing performance and scholarship together and creating opportunities for students to learn about the connections between music, technology, art and history,” Richards said. “The Katz gift will make all this a reality.”
Read the whole story by Kathy Hovis in the Cornell Chronicle.
