Anne's Harpsichords - Event Schedule

July 2009 - Performing with the Savannah Children’s Choir in Somerset, United Kingdom

Administrator — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:00:18 +0000

July 2009, Performing with the Savannah Children’s Choir at the Somerset International Chorale Festival in Somerset, United Kingdom. Details to be announced.

Article in the Savannah Daily News

December 14, 2008 - Lessons & Carols with Ensemble Con Spirito

Administrator — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:00:48 +0000

Lessons & Carols with Ensemble Con Spirito at the beautiful and historic Wesley Monumental Church in downtown Savannah, works by Hildegard von Bingen, John Rutter, and others. A must for the Christmas season. 5-6 p.m.

www.ensembleconspirito.org, www.wesleymonumental.org

December 12, 2008 - Harpsichordist for Messiah

Administrator — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:00:04 +0000

Harpsichordist for Messiah with The Savannah Orchestra.
Wesley Monumental Methodist Church, Savannah, Georgia, 8pm

See savannahorchestra.org for more information.

December 7, 2008 - Savannah Children’s Choir Annual Christmas Concert

Administrator — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:00:49 +0000

Savannah Children’s Choir Annual Christmas Concert at the historic Lucas Theatre in downtown Savannah. Being accompanist for the Savannah Childrens Choir is one of the most meaningful things I do, giving back to the community. 3pm.

November 23, 2008 - Performance with The Savannah Children’s Choir

Administrator — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:30:16 +0000

Performance with The Savannah Children’s Choir (www.savannahchoir.org) at the Telfair Museum’s Jepson Center for the Arts, a program of original and modern adaptations of Gospel, early American shape note and other traditional religious songs. 1:30 pm

For more information: http://www.telfair.org/jepsongospelbrunch/default.asp

Nov. 15, 2008 - Piano Technicians Guild Seminar Harpsichord 101

Administrator — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:00:10 +0000

A crash course for PTG members, Harpsichord 101, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008 10 a.m-noon, at Asbury Memorial Methodist Church, Savannah, Georgia.

www.ptg.org
www.asburymemorial.org

October 26, 2008 - Performance with Ensemble Con Spirito

Administrator — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:30:26 +0000

Performance with Ensemble Con Spirito (www.ensembleconspirito.org) at the Telfair Museum’s Jepson Center for the Arts, a program of Gospel, original and modern adaptations of early American shape note and other traditional songs. October 26, 1:30 pm
For more information: http://www.telfair.org/jepsongospelbrunch/default.asp

September 23rd, 2008 - Solo performance/discussion: “An Introduction to the Harpsichord”

Administrator — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:00:54 +0000

Solo performance/discussion: “An Introduction to the Harpsichord”, at the Charles Ellis Montessori Academy’s Afternoon Musicale Series, a bi-monthly series bringing the best of Savannah’s musicians into the community. Free and open to the public. 3:30 pm.

http://ellispta.com

September 2008 - Lecture Recital on Music of Revolutionary Georgia

Administrator — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:53 +0000

September 2008, Lecture Recital on Music of Revolutionary Georgia as part of the Coastal Heritage Society Revolutionary Perspectives Lecture Series. http://www.chsgeorgia.org, Savannah History Museum, 303 Martin Luther King Blvd, Savannah, GA date tba.

June 14-17, 2008 - Harpsichord Technician for Jory Vinikour recording

Administrator — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:00:41 +0000

From June 14-17, Anne will be the Harpsichord Technician for a new recording being made by Jory Vinikour on the John Philips harpsichord in Charleston, South Carolina.

Jory Vinikour’s website

June 8th 2008 - Harpsichords for the Spoleto Festival USA

Administrator — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:00:37 +0000

Anne will be supplying and preparing harpsichords for the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina.

Spoleta Festival USA website

May 30, 2008 - Presentation at American Musical Instrument Society annual meeting

Administrator — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:00:22 +0000

Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Musical Instrument Society held at the Cantos Music Foundation, Calgary, Alberta ,Canada on the use of high speed video photography techniques for analysis of 18th and 19th century piano actions.

March 12, 2008 - Solo Harpsichord Concert United Methodist Church, Skidaway Island, Georgia

Administrator — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:09:24 +0000

A private evening of harpsichord works by Farnaby, Byrd, Purcell, Galuppi and Handel will be held as part of a concert series at the United Methodist Church on Skidaway Island just east of historic Savannah, Georgia.

March 12, 2007
6:45 p.m.

Skidaway Island United Methodist Church
54 Diamond Causeway, Savannah, GA 31411

Feb. 9, 2008, Concert with Ensemble Con Spirito, Savannah, Georgia

Administrator — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:00:26 +0000

Anne will play harpsichord and piano for an extraordinary group of women singers, Ensemble Con Spirito. They will perform arrangements of songs by Benjamin Britten, Palestrina, Savonarola, Hildegard von Bingen, Lully and others.

For more information, including location, time and ticket purchase,
See: www.ensembleconspirito.org

Nov. 16 & 17th 2007, Harpsichord Solo

Administrator — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:00:11 +0000

Harpsichord Soloist in Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 with the Savannah Sinfonietta

Nov. 16 and 17th, 2007, Savannah, Georgia, See website for time and location details: http://www.savannahorchestra.org

Complete Concert Program:

Masterworks III BACH, MOZART, O’CONNOR
BACH, Brandenburg No. 5
VIVALDI, Winter Concerto Op. 8
O’CONNOR, ‘Summer’ From American Seasons
MOZART, Symphony No. 40 in G Minor

June 20-24, 2007 Piano Technicians Guild National Convention Appearances

Administrator — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:00:36 +0000

At the 50th Annual Piano Technicians Guild Convention in Kansas City

Conservation Panel Discussion

Anne joins a select panel of other conservators and specialists in antique keyboard instruments to examine the state, treatment, and future of antique pianos.

May 20, 2007 Music for an 18th Century Drawing Room

Administrator — Sun, 20 May 2007 21:00:10 +0000

May 20, 2007, 4 p.m. Savannah College of Art and Design, Kiah Hall, Martin Luther King Blvd, Savannah, Georgia

Anne will play harpsichord and fortepiano, and discuss musical life in private homes in England and the colonies in the 18th century, in an afternoon program for the English Speaking Union, Savannah, Georgia Chapter.

English Speaking Union website

Review from the ESU website
Our own Anne Acker was the speaker and performer for our meeting this month. To see Anne, one would hardly expect to see her moving pianos and other heavy musical instruments about, but that was exactly what she does for a living. Anne brought a Piano Forte and a Harpsichord to the meeting with her.
After our president Barbara O. Smith introduced her, Anne answered a few interesting questions about the instruments that she brought with her. These were beautiful pieces of woodworking craft that were either built or restored by Anne at her shop. Anne then began the meeting with what everyone present agreed was a stunningly beautiful demonstration of each instruments capability. It was actually more than that. It was a wonderful concert presented for our pleasure. Everyone sat spellbound while listening and watching Anne’s nimble fingers dance across the keyboards of the two instruments as she performed music by famed composers of the time. For a short time we could get the feeling of being back in the 18th century listening to a typical performance of the time. No one would have believed that just a month before, she had to postpone this performance due to a severely injured hand.
Anne, thanks a million for a wonderful meeting.

March 29, 2007 Savannah Music Festival

Administrator — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:30:24 +0000

Savannah Music Festival, Savannah, Georgia, 12:30 p.m. on March 29, 2007 at the Unitarian Universalist Church on Troup Square. http://savannahmusicfestival.org

Georgian On My Mind Anne plays a recital on harpsichord and fortepiano, and discuss on keyboards and music in Georgia, 1760-1820. Sponsored by the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and the Savannah Morning News.

Winter, 2006 Keyboard Music from the Federal Period of Georgia

Administrator — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:00:06 +0000

Keyboard Music from the Federal Period of Georgia, Georgia Music Hall of Fame, Macon, Georgia, performed on an authentic early piano restored by Anne.
date tba.

November, 2006 Recital / Lecture on Federal Era Music in Georgia

Administrator — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 11:00:47 +0000

Recital / Lecture on Federal Era Music in Georgia. Details tba.

Georgia Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Macon, Georgia