Sundays @ 1 pm and 3 pm in the Fountain Court / included in MAG admission
Going for Baroque
is a weekly series of mini-recitals. It offers the opportunity for students from the Eastman School of Music to perform along side professional musicians on the Italian Baroque organ on the second floor of the museum.shown: Two Musicians, Bernardo Strozzi, 1630-1635
Special one-hour programs featuring Eastman’s spectacular Italian Baroque Organ. Concerts begin at 7:30 pm in the MAG Fountain Court and are included with museum admission. Seating is unreserved and is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Made possible by the Joseph Rippey Endowed Trust.
Thursday, April 19
Eastman students and special guests18th-Century Organ and Concertos with Eastman School of Music students and special guests.
Included with museum admission.
Thursday, May 17
Ben David Aronson, sackbut,and special guests
Thursday, March 15
Music by some of the greatest violin virtuosi of the 17th century: Heinrich Schmelzer and Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, performed with Eastman’s Italian Baroque Organ.
Included with museum admission.
Thursday, February 15
Presenting voices and period instruments. Directed by Stephen Kennedy. Watch a clip from a previous MAG performance.
Included with museum admission.
Thursday, January 18, 2018 | 7:30 pm
Harpsichord and Organ Music, with students from Eastman School of Music.
Included with museum admission.
Thursday, December 21, 2017 | 7:30 pm
Eastman School of Music students, faculty, and friends
Our traditional festive concert, with a varied program of seasonal Baroque music for voices, instruments, and organ. A favorite with our audiences!
Thursday, November 16, 2017 | 7:30 pm
Eastman School of Music organ faculty
Eastman’s internationally acclaimed organ faculty play a varied program of works inspired by the Catholic hymn tradition across the ages. Music from Italy, France, and Germany. Presented in conjunction with the 2017 Utech Hymnody Festival.
*Thursday, October 26, 2017 | 7:30 pm
Schola Antiqua of Chicago with Naomi Gregory, organ & guest director and Cora Swenson Lee, viola da gamba
This program explores the ‘secret’ cloistered world of early Italian convent music. Selections include medieval chant, Renaissance choral music, and Baroque vocal and organ solos. Schola Antiqua of Chicago (director: Michael Alan Anderson) is a professional early music ensemble dedicated to the performance of music before 1600.
* please note that this concert falls on the fourth Thursday of October
