4x4 Festival

Abendmusik

Abigail Karr

ACRONYM

ALBA

Alexandra Dunbar

American Classical Orchestra

Amherst Early Music Festival

Amor Artis

Amuse

Amy Bartram

Andrew Arceci

Angelica, Women’s Chamber Choir

Anima

Anne Legene and Wieland Kuijken

Anthony Roth Costanza

Arlene Travis

ArsMusica

ARTEK

Artis Wodehouse

Asteria

Aula Harmoniae

Australian Haydn Quartet, The

Bacchanalia Baroque

Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity

BAM

Bargemusic

Barnard

BaroQue Across the River

Baroque Opera Workshop at Queens College

Beiliang Zhu

Bernstein Artists, Inc.

Big Apple Baroque Orchestra

Black Marble

Blue Heron

Boston Baroque

Breve

Broken Consort, The

Brooklyn Baroque

Brooklyn Friends of Chamber Music

Burning River Baroque

Byrd Ensemble

Canby Singers

Canticum Novum

Cantori New York

Carnegie Hall

Central City Chorus

Cerdorrian Vocal Ensemble

Charites

Choir of St. Ignatius of Antioch

Chris Norman Duo

Church of St. Luke in the Fields

Church of the Resurrection

Clarion Music Society

Clea Galhano

Cloisters, The

Collegiate Chorale, The

Colonials, The

Concitato

Concordian Dawn

Connecticut Early Music Festival

Corda Nova

Daniel Lee and Jeff Grossman

DellArtre Opera

Dessoff Choirs

Diderot String Quartet

Dodd String Quartet

Dorian Baroque

Dryden Ensemble

Duo Marchand

Ealing Abbey Choir of Men and Boys

Early Music America

Early Music Festival: NYC

earlymusicnews.org

East of the River

Elaine Comparone and Nickolai Sheikov

Elbereth Duo, The

Elena Zamolodchikova

Elinor Frey

Ellen Hargis

Emi Ferguson

Empire Viols

Ensemble 415

Ensemble Breve

Ex Cathedra

Five Boroughs Music Festival

Flying Forms

Four Nations Ensemble

Frick Collection, The

Friends of Liturgical Music

Galileo's Daughters

GEMAS

Genzinger Quartet

Gloria dei Cantores

Grand Harmonie

Grand Tour Orchestra

Green Mountain Project

Grenser Trio

Gretchen's Muse

Gruson Fund

Guido's Ear

Guild For Early Music

Harmony for Peace Foundation

Harpsichord Unlimited

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

House of Time

Hudson Valley Singers

Il Cuore Canta

Infiorare

Irish Baroque Orchestra

Ivory Consort

Jama Jandrokovic

Joe Chappel

John Moran and Dongsok Shin

Juilliard 415

Juilliard School, The

Julliard Baroque

Karen Marie Marmer

Khorikos

Kristin Olson

Kristina Giles

La Mela di Newton

La Silva

Larry Long

Laura Heimes

Leah Nelson

Lincoln Center (Chamber Music Society of)

Linn Maxwell

Lionheart

Lisa Terry

L'Orchestre des Portes Rouges

Lyra Consort

Machicoti

Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church

Madison Bach Musicians Ensemble

Mahler Summer Project

Make Music NY

Manhattan Choral Ensemble

Melodeon

MENA Music

Merry Minstrels

Metropolitan Museum of Art, The

Midtown Concerts

Miller Theatre

Morgan Library & Museum, The

Morris-Jumel Masion

Music Before 1800

Music Divine

Musica Dissepolta

Musica Nuova

Musica Sacra

Musica Viva of New York

Musicians at the Spanish Gate

My Lord Chamberlain's Consort

New Esterházy Quartet

New Vintage Baroque

New York Bach Artists

New York Baroque Dance Company

New York Baroque Incorporated

New York Classical Quartet

New York Consort of Viols

New York Continuo Collective

New York Philharmonic

New York Polyphony

New York Recorder Guild

New York Virtuoso Singers

NEXUS: The Open Mind

Notre Dame Choir

NYU Steinhardt

On Site Opera

Opera Feroce

Opera Lafayette

Opera Omnia

operamission

Parthenia

Pascal Valois

Paul O'Dette

Philipstown Depot Theatre

PHOENIXtail

Piffaro

Pipes of Christmas

Polyhymnia

polyphony.com

Pomerium

Primavera Consort

Priscilla Smith

Queens Chamber Band

Queens College Baroque Opera workshop

Rasputina

Rebecca Pechefsky

REBEL

Recorder Guild, The

Renaissance Chorus

Repast Baroque Ensemble

Rethinking Bach: A Performers' Workshop

Riverside Symphony

Royal Wind Music

Rutgers Collegium

Ryland Angel

Sacred Music in a Sacred Space

Saint Andrew Chorale and Orchestra

Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church

Saint Thomas Church

Salon/Sanctuary Concerts

Schola Antiqua

Sebastians, The

Seth Warner

Shakespeare Society

Sheep Island Ensemble

Sinfonia New York

Sinfonia Praetorius

SIREN Baroque

Skid Rococo

Society for Universal Sacred Music

Sonnambula

Soovin Kin

Spiritus Collective

St. Bartholomew’s Choir

St. Joseph Singers

Tallis Scholars

Teares of the Muses

Telemania

Tenebrae Choir

TENEbrae Festival

TENET

The Last Castrato (play)

Tiffany Consort

Tonal Refraction

Traverse Music

Trefoil

Trinity Wall Street Church

Trio Coprario

Trio Triumvirum

Uncloistered

Underworld Productions

Underworld Productions Opera

Vilas Baroque

Viola da Gamba Dojo of NY

Viola da Gamba Society of NY

Virgin Consort

Vision – The Movie

Voices of Ascension

Vox Fidelis

Well-Tuned Words

Western Wind

Wooster Group

World Music Institute

Yale Baroque Opera Project

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Thalamus puerpere / Quomodo cantibimus (from Le Roman de Fauvel), Anonymous (14th c.), F-Pn fr. 146, 32r
Amber Evans ~ soprano, Clifton Massey ~ countertenor, and Christopher Preston Thompson ~ tenor

 “In recent years, Renaissance and Baroque performance in the city has gained momentum,
not least through the vigorous advocacy of a group called Gotham Early Music Scene.”
— Alex Ross, “The New Yorker"

As GEMS celebrates its 15th anniversary, we continue to serve audiences, artists, and organizations devoted to the early music we love.

We are grateful for grants from the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and the Howard Gilman Foundation, but most of our support comes from individuals like you! Please give today.

DONATE TO GEMS

Why we do it...
We do it because early music is unique. It’s a way and an approach to many marvellous repertoires from the Medieval to Classical eras, rather than simply a collection of pieces over time. Compare almost any page of music from 1400 to 1800 with one from a later period, and you will find few — if any — instructions from the composer, aside from the notes themselves.

As a result, early musicians are detectives by necessity. We study treatises on style and embellishment, historical paintings with instruments showing period performances, and contemporary accounts of successes and failures. That knowledge provides vital clues as we shape the music in accord with what we think composers intended. And when we get it right, the music comes alive, it leaps off the page, it sings and dances, runs the gamut from sadness to ecstasy, and enlightens us along the way.

Support GEMS and enjoy the benefits of this never-ending journey of discovery!

All our thanks...

Donate online: DONATE TO GEMS

Or call us at (212) 866–0468

Or mail your gift to:

Gotham Early Music Scene
340 Riverside Drive, Ste. 1-A
New York, NY 10025

Your donation is fully tax-deductible, and provides critical support of our mission.

Giving just takes a minute, and goes a very long way.

GEMS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. NYC Charities Bureau Reg. # 40-71-53.
Contributions are tax deductible as permitted by law.

Organizations and Artists we have served

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Orlando Gibbons (bapt. 1583–1625) Fantasia No. 3 for “great double bass”
Claire Smith Bermingham ~ violin, Lawrence Lipnik ~ tenor viol, and Patricia Neely ~ bass viol

 “In recent years, Renaissance and Baroque performance in the city has gained momentum,
not least through the vigorous advocacy of a group called Gotham Early Music Scene.”
— Alex Ross, “The New Yorker"

As GEMS celebrates its 15th anniversary, we continue to serve audiences, artists, and organizations devoted to the early music we love.

We are grateful for grants from the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and the Howard Gilman Foundation, but most of our support comes from individuals like you! Please give today.

DONATE TO GEMS

Why we do it...
We do it because early music is unique. It’s a way and an approach to many marvellous repertoires from the Medieval to Classical eras, rather than simply a collection of pieces over time. Compare almost any page of music from 1400 to 1800 with one from a later period, and you will find few — if any — instructions from the composer, aside from the notes themselves.

As a result, early musicians are detectives by necessity. We study treatises on style and embellishment, historical paintings with instruments showing period performances, and contemporary accounts of successes and failures. That knowledge provides vital clues as we shape the music in accord with what we think composers intended. And when we get it right, the music comes alive, it leaps off the page, it sings and dances, runs the gamut from sadness to ecstasy, and enlightens us along the way.

Support GEMS and enjoy the benefits of this never-ending journey of discovery!

All our thanks...

Donate online: DONATE TO GEMS

Or call us at (212) 866–0468

Or mail your gift to:

Gotham Early Music Scene
340 Riverside Drive, Ste. 1-A
New York, NY 10025

Your donation is fully tax-deductible, and provides critical support of our mission.

Giving just takes a minute, and goes a very long way.

GEMS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. NYC Charities Bureau Reg. # 40-71-53.
Contributions are tax deductible as permitted by law.

Organizations and Artists we have served

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Nicola Porpora (1686–1768) Sonata di camera in G Major, Op. 2, No. 3: II Allegro
Rachell Ellen Wong & Carmen Johnson-Pájaro ~ violins,
Coleman Itzkoff ~ violoncello, and David Belkovski ~ harpsichord

 “In recent years, Renaissance and Baroque performance in the city has gained momentum,
not least through the vigorous advocacy of a group called Gotham Early Music Scene.”
— Alex Ross, “The New Yorker"

As GEMS celebrates its 15th anniversary, we continue to serve audiences, artists, and organizations devoted to the early music we love.

We are grateful for grants from the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and the Howard Gilman Foundation, but most of our support comes from individuals like you! Please give today.

DONATE TO GEMS

Why we do it...
We do it because early music is unique. It’s a way and an approach to many marvellous repertoires from the Medieval to Classical eras, rather than simply a collection of pieces over time. Compare almost any page of music from 1400 to 1800 with one from a later period, and you will find few — if any — instructions from the composer, aside from the notes themselves.

As a result, early musicians are detectives by necessity. We study treatises on style and embellishment, historical paintings with instruments showing period performances, and contemporary accounts of successes and failures. That knowledge provides vital clues as we shape the music in accord with what we think composers intended. And when we get it right, the music comes alive, it leaps off the page, it sings and dances, runs the gamut from sadness to ecstasy, and enlightens us along the way.

Support GEMS and enjoy the benefits of this never-ending journey of discovery!

All our thanks...

Donate online: DONATE TO GEMS

Or call us at (212) 866–0468

Or mail your gift to:

Gotham Early Music Scene
340 Riverside Drive, Ste. 1-A
New York, NY 10025

Your donation is fully tax-deductible, and provides critical support of our mission.

Giving just takes a minute, and goes a very long way.

GEMS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. NYC Charities Bureau Reg. # 40-71-53.
Contributions are tax deductible as permitted by law.

Organizations and Artists we have served

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Video Performances: Nicolò Paganini (1782–1840) Caprice No. 17 in E-Flat Major, Edson Scheid ~ violin; Carlo G Manuscript Cantate Domino, Christina Kay ~ soprano and Dani Zanuttini ~ theorbo; J.S. Bach (1685–1750) Suite in G Minor for Violoncello, BWV 1011, Prélude, Clara Abel ~ violoncello; W.A. Mozart (1756–1791) Sonata in E-Flat Major, KV 302, Rondo: Allegro grazioso, Aisslinn Nosky ~ violin and Yi-heng Yang ~ fortepiano; and J.S. Bach, Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828, Courante, Suren Barry ~ harpsichord 

 “In recent years, Renaissance and Baroque performance in the city has gained momentum,
not least through the vigorous advocacy of a group called Gotham Early Music Scene.”
— Alex Ross, “The New Yorker"

As GEMS celebrates its 15th anniversary, we continue to serve audiences, artists, and organizations devoted to the early music we love.

We are grateful for grants from the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and the Howard Gilman Foundation, but most of our support comes from individuals like you! Please give today.

DONATE TO GEMS

Why we do it...
We do it because early music is unique. It’s a way and an approach to many marvellous repertoires from the Medieval to Classical eras, rather than simply a collection of pieces over time. Compare almost any page of music from 1400 to 1800 with one from a later period, and you will find few — if any — instructions from the composer, aside from the notes themselves.

As a result, early musicians are detectives by necessity. We study treatises on style and embellishment, historical paintings with instruments showing period performances, and contemporary accounts of successes and failures. That knowledge provides vital clues as we shape the music in accord with what we think composers intended. And when we get it right, the music comes alive, it leaps off the page, it sings and dances, runs the gamut from sadness to ecstasy, and enlightens us along the way.

Support GEMS and enjoy the benefits of this never-ending journey of discovery!

All our thanks...

Donate online: DONATE TO GEMS

Or call us at (212) 866–0468

Or mail your gift to:

Gotham Early Music Scene
340 Riverside Drive, Ste. 1-A
New York, NY 10025

Your donation is fully tax-deductible, and provides critical support of our mission.

Giving just takes a minute, and goes a very long way.

GEMS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. NYC Charities Bureau Reg. # 40-71-53.
Contributions are tax deductible as permitted by law.

Organizations and Artists we have served

DONATE TO GEMS

Performance Credit: A. Vivaldi, Grosso mogul, RV 208, I Allegro, Augusta McKay Lodge, violin solo with Voices of Music. October 2022.

 “In recent years, Renaissance and Baroque performance in the city has gained momentum,
not least through the vigorous advocacy of a group called Gotham Early Music Scene.”
— Alex Ross, “The New Yorker"

As GEMS celebrates its 15th anniversary, we continue to serve audiences, artists, and organizations devoted to the early music we love.

We are grateful for grants from the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and the Howard Gilman Foundation, but most of our support comes from individuals like you! Please give today.

DONATE TO GEMS

Why we do it...
We do it because early music is unique. It’s a way and an approach to many marvellous repertoires from the Medieval to Classical eras, rather than simply a collection of pieces over time. Compare almost any page of music from 1400 to 1800 with one from a later period, and you will find few — if any — instructions from the composer, aside from the notes themselves.

As a result, early musicians are detectives by necessity. We study treatises on style and embellishment, historical paintings with instruments showing period performances, and contemporary accounts of successes and failures. That knowledge provides vital clues as we shape the music in accord with what we think composers intended. And when we get it right, the music comes alive, it leaps off the page, it sings and dances, runs the gamut from sadness to ecstasy, and enlightens us along the way.

Support GEMS and enjoy the benefits of this never-ending journey of discovery!

All our thanks...

Donate online: DONATE TO GEMS

Or call us at (212) 866–0468

Or mail your gift to:

Gotham Early Music Scene
340 Riverside Drive, Ste. 1-A
New York, NY 10025

Your donation is fully tax-deductible, and provides critical support of our mission.

Giving just takes a minute, and goes a very long way.

GEMS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. NYC Charities Bureau Reg. # 40-71-53.
Contributions are tax deductible as permitted by law.

Organizations and Artists we have served

PRESIDENT
Gene Murrow
Founder, Gotham Early Music Scene, Inc.

TREASURER
Peter Faber
Tax Attorney, Retired

Louise Basbas
Founder, Music Before 1800

LuGene Bé
Retired Executive

Joanne Floyd
M.D., Retired

Jeffrey Friedman
Financial Analyst

Nancy Grilikhes
Artist

Judith Klotz
NJ Guild for Early Music

Anne W. Lowenthal Ph.D.
Independent Art Historian

Norma V. Rosenberg
CEO Coach and Business Advisor, Vistage International, Inc.

Paul B. Ross
Operations Manager, Gotham Early Music Scene, Inc.

Naomi Morse, Director of Marketing
A native of Vermont, Naomi lived in Brooklyn from 2007–2020. She is a graduate of Oberlin College, where she performed frequently with the College's early music vocal ensemble. During 2006, she lived in York, England, where she studied ensemble singing at the University of York with her early music quintet, "Uncloistered." In addition to her professional singing and work at GEMS, Naomi plays the fiddle for traditional contra and English country dances as well as in concert with a number of bands, including The Poor Cousins and Childsplay.

Robby Meese, Director of Concert Services
Robby is a conductor and arts leader based in New York City. Recent highlights include engagements as cover conductor with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Washington Chorus and Orchestra, and the Dearborn (MI) Symphony Orchestra, and multimedia production work with the Albany (NY) Symphony and Joyce DiDonato’s Eden tour performance in Ann Arbor, MI. Prior to moving to New York, Robby earned degrees from Duke University and the University of Michigan. In addition to working with GEMS, Robby is the administrative director of Music Before 1800 in Morningside Heights. He lives with his wife Caroline in Brooklyn. 

Kevin C. Devine, Assistant Director of Concert Services
Kevin is an artist and administrator performing engaging and unconventional programs across the United States. He has a passion for innovative projects that strive to engage a 21st century audience. In order for classical and early music to thrive, he believes that the diversity of the musicians on stage, the composers, and the audiences should reflect the diversity of the communities in which we live. Kevin has obtained degrees from Boston University, Stony Brook University, and The Juilliard School. He has been invited to play solo recitals on several concert series, including Gotham Early Music Scene in Manhattan and Harpsichord Heaven at the Barn at Flintwoods. As an accompanist and teacher, he works with Amherst Early Music Festival, American Bach Soloists and San Francisco Early Music Society Baroque Workshop. An avid hurdy-gurdy player, Kevin loves to explore the breadth of the repertoire for the instrument, from the cantigas de Santa Maria to 18th-century arrangements of Vivaldi's Four Seasons.

Rachel Givner, Director of Administrative Services
Rachel manages a wide variety of GEMS administrative and financial responsibilities, thoughtfully and with attention to detail. Her professional background includes 20+ years of experience at the New York City Transit Authority in planning, analyst, and management roles. Rachel is an amateur clarinetist who currently plays in folk music ensembles, and who also sang in her high school's Renaissance Choir. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, where she played in the wind ensemble and in a Dixieland band. She has a graduate degree from the London School of Economics, where she played in the orchestra.

Rebecca J. Weber, Director of Development
Rebecca, an organizational advisor with more than a decade of experience in strategic capacity building, developing growth opportunities, content marketing, and galvanizing organization-wide campaigns, is driven to guide the sustainable scaling of GEMS’ reach by her strong belief in the organization’s mission to serve artist-led early music projects. A former nonprofit executive director in the social justice sphere, she brings a deeply held commitment to closing the opportunity gap that includes public access to the arts and opportunities for artists. Rebecca graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor’s degree in communication and currently volunteers as co-leader of the Women Career Changers Networking Circle, a group dedicated to helping women help each other. 

Dennis Cembalo, Social Media Manager
Dennis is a Brooklyn native who has had a long-standing appreciation of early music. As a frequent concert-goer, he has become well acquainted with musicians and venues throughout the city. Dennis studied Architecture Technology at the CUNY City Tech, but his studies have now turned toward the keyboard. He is an avid harpsichord enthusiast seeking proficiency with the instrument and its repertoire. Dennis' goal within GEMS is to strengthen the connection between early musicians and their audience as well as expose new audiences to the art form.

LuGene Bé, Wellness Program Coordinator
LuGene grew up in Grinnell, Iowa and attended the University of Iowa with a music/voice major. Her past work includes the telecommunications corporate world, Program Director and Coordinator for non-profit organizations, residential real estate sales, and a small business owner of a natural health and wellness service. She is a Certified Natural Health Professional, Certified Health Coach and Certified Reflexologist. While living in Des Moines, Iowa she also sang as section leader in church, synagogue and temple choirs. With GEMS, LuGene brings her experience planning, directing and executing various types of programs with non-profit organizations for people of all ages. She and her husband live in Washington Heights and enjoy attending as many early music performances as they can, as well as playing early music on viola da gamba, Baroque violin, Renaissance and Baroque flutes, and rebec.

Paul Ross, Past Board President and Media Guru
Following a career in publishing, Paul joined GEMS to design and implement effective scheduling and management systems for our organization. For 14 years, he was Managing Editor of Ziff-Davis's PC Magazine, where he coordinated the efforts of some 40 professionals in writing, editorial, design, and printing to ensure that the magazine reached newsstands and subscribers on time, twice a month.

Wendy Redlinger, GEMS Live! Artist Representative for Special Projects
Wendy enjoyed a successful career at Vermont-based World Learning and its School for International Training overseeing language instructional programs abroad and negotiating with organizations around the world for placement of ESL teachers. Fluent in English, Spanish, German, Nepalese, and conversant in French, she began her career as a booking agent by representing the medieval duo Asteria following their win of the 2004 EMA Medieval/Renaissance competition (her son, Eric, was half the duo). From 2006 to 2013, she was booking a roster of New York-based early music groups for GEMS Live! which at one point includes 14 ensembles. From 2013 to 2018, Wendy led Road Scholar educational travel tours to Cuba. In 2015 Wendy started booking U.S. tours for the Cuban early music ensemble, Ars Longa, which have taken place in the spring of 2017 through 2020. She continues to represent Ars Longa for U.S. touring in spring 2021 and beyond. Wendy holds a B. Mus. degree in piano performance, and has been performing on portativ organ and harpsichord since 1991, first in a duo with the late Edmund Brelsford and later with local southern Vermont baroque ensembles, where she lives.

The mission of Gotham Early Music Scene (GEMS) is to increase public understanding and appreciation of early music, enrich our community, and enhance the quality and stability of participating artists and organizations in New York by:

♦ CREATING MORE OPPORTUNITIES for New York-based professional artists to perform for local, regional, and national audiences,

♦ EXPANDING AND DIVERSIFYING the audience for early music,

♦ STRENGTHENING the ensembles, presenters, and other organizations devoted to the genre, and

♦ EDUCATING musicians, the general public, and the media.

GEMS will achieve its mission by

♦ producing concerts, seminars, lectures, master classes, exhibitions, and scholarly forums by New York City based individuals and organizations;

♦ securing engagements throughout the country and around the world for NYC-based artists and ensembles;

♦ providing administrative, marketing, and financial services to professional and amateur early music organizations based in the City;

♦ increasing the public's awareness of and access to early music events in New York;

♦ acting as a liaison among performers, presenters, instrument builders, scholars, teachers, the general music industry, and educational institutions interested in early music; and

♦ disseminating information concerning the publication, performance and recording of early music.

We maintain offices in New York City with a paid staff of six, and more than three dozen volunteers.

Our organizational Board of Directors includes individuals with long involvement with early music in the City.

GEMS is incorporated under Section 402 of the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law of New York State and exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Gotham Early Music Scene (GEMS) is incorporated under Section 402 of the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law of New York State and exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Our mission is to promote and enrich public understanding and appreciation of early music in New York City.

We maintain offices in New York City with a paid staff of eight, and more than three dozen volunteers.

Our organizational Board of Directors includes individuals with long involvement with early music in the City.

Read feature articles about GEMS.

GEMS receives annual support from the Howard Gilman Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York Department of Cultural Affairs, other foundations, and individuals like you.