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In connection with the introduction of products based on their original 18th-century botanical formulations, the American personal care products company Caswell-Massey, founded in 1752, is partnering with GEMS to help us promote our 10th Anniversary. We share a common endeavor of bringing the best of 18th-century artistic expressions to modern audiences!
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Upcoming Midtown Concerts
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June 28, 2018 - Vox Aquarum
Anthems and Devotions by Purcell Vox Aquarum is a vocal quartet from Long Island, NY. Its members share equally a dedication toward expanding ap...
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NEWS
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Music Libraries for Sale
We have two libraries from Lucy Cross and Celine Karraker and are making them available to the general public as a benefit for GEMS. As we've been going through some of the materials, we have come across a number of interesting memorabilia, ...Congratulations to Shirley Hunt & Pomerium
Congratulations to Shirley Hunt, Director of Booking and Artist Representation for GEMS Live!, and Alexander Blachly, Director of Pomerium, for fulfilling the first booking negotiated by Shirley in her tenure at GEMS: Sunday, October 29th's c...Tickets for sale!Tickets are now for sale on our website for the following concerts/series: ARTEK 2017-2018 Season Martin Bernstein Recital Parthenia 2017-2018 Season Pomerium - October 22 at 3pm Trinity Church Wall Street's Messiah, December 15-17, 2017...Paul Ross retires from Operations Manager position after 10 years
After 10 years of dedicated service at near pro bono compensation rates(!) Paul Ross is retiring from his position as Operations Manager at GEMS. He has been invaluable to GEMS and the entire early music community, providing affordable and ca...GEMS Receives Grant from Howard Gilman Foundation
We are pleased and honored to report that we have been awarded a grant by the Howard Gilman Foundation in support of the 20th anniversary of Midtown Concerts. This series of 41 weekly concerts, which is free and open to the general public, features b...