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GEMS has been awarded a grant of $25,000 by the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation to support strategic planning and development. The grant has enabled us to engage Peter Heller, a well-regarded consultant for non-profit organizations, to help us build our board of directors and implement an effective, sustainable, financial support system.
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GOTHAM EARLY MUSIC SCENE (GEMS) is a new organization dedicated to the promotion and advancement of early music in New York City. It serves professional and amateur performers and ensembles, presenters, audiences and enthusiasts. Allan Kozinn of The New York Times wrote that GEMS will bring "cohesiveness and vitality to the city's patchwork of early-music groups."
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NEW DATES for GEMS' Early Music / Early Season showcase concerts at the Times Center: Saturday, September 27 and Sunday, September 28. GEMS announces our new booking agency, GEMS Live! representing seven of New York City's world-class ensembles.
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Friday, May 30th, 2008 at 8 PM for the Spring concert by Sinfonia New York at the New York Society for Ethical Culture. Buy tickets hereSaturday, September 27 and Sunday, September 28 for a repeat of the successful Early Music/Early Season showcase concerts at The Times Center Stage. We'll have a new line-up of ensembles, and some additional special features. Saturday, June 28, 2008 at 8 PM Sinfonia New York will be appearing at the Connecticut Early Music Festival. Help us keep our master list of links to the numerous organizations that comprise New York City's vibrant early music scene up to date. Email us with links to add or updates on existing links. Thanks! |
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| Polyhymnia |
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MUSIC FOR PHILIP II
Polyhymnia
Directed by John Bradley
A concert of choral music by Pierre de Manchicourt (c.1510-1564) the first Director of Philip II's famed Capilla Flamenca, choir of Flemish men and boys, who sang masses and motets for the Spanish monarch's state occasions and religious observances.
Saturday, May 17 at 8:00 pm
Pre-concert lecture at 7:15 pm
Dr. Andrew Kirkman
The Church of St. Ignatius of Antioch
West End Ave. and 87th St.
Manhattan
Tickets:
$25 - General
$15 - Students/Seniors/EMA Members
Tickets and Reservations:
917-838-4636
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| Trinity Choir |
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GRANDS MOTETS
French Baroque Masterpieces
Trinity Choir &
Rebel Baroque Orchestra
Simon Carrington, Guest Conductor
Some of the most noble and sumptuously beautiful, heroic, and yet sensual music ever composed in France was in the form known as the Grand Motet. It was the main ornament of the king's Mass from Louis XIV up to Louis XVI, allowing a sort of dialogue between musicians, composers, courtiers and their king.
Tuesday, May 20 at 7:30 pm
Trinity Wall Street Church
Broadway and Wall Street
Manhattan
Tickets:
$40 - Premium reserved seating
$25 - General admission
$15 - Student/senior
Tickets available online
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Call 866.468.7619
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| Sinfonia New York |
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SPRINGTIME SERENADE
Sinfonia New York
John Scott, Conductor
Join John Scott and Sinfonia NY for a delightful evening of early classical orchestral music. The program includes two smaller chamber works by Mozart; one featuring the strings while the other features the winds. The evening concludes with the great Haydn Symphony, "La poule" (the hen).
Friday, May 30 at 8:00 pm
New York Society for Ethical Culture
2 West 64th St. (at Central Park West)
Manhattan
Tickets:
$50: Reservation anywhere in the house
$10: Reservation in the mezzanine
FREE the night of the concert
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