Overview
Gotham Early Music Scene (GEMS) is incorporated under Section 402 of the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law of New York State and is exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
GEMS promotes and enriches public understanding and appreciation of early music in New York. Our organizational Board of Directors includes individuals with long involvement in our vibrant early music community.
Mission
GEMS increases public understanding and appreciation of early music, enriches our community, and enhances the quality and stability of participating artists and organizations in New York by:
- Creating more opportunities for New York-based early music artists to perform for local, regional, national, and international 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 achieves its mission by:
- Producing concerts, seminars, lectures, master classes, exhibitions, and scholarly forums by New York-based individuals and organizations;
- Securing engagements throughout the country and around the world for New York-based artists and ensembles;
- Providing administrative, marketing, and financial services to professional and amateur early music organizations based in New York;
- 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.