Award from the Piano Technicians’ Guild
Anne won the Jack Greenfield Award from the Piano Technicians’ Guild at their national convention in June for her series of articles in the Piano Technician’s Journal.
The Jack Greenfield Award was given to Anne Acker “in recognition of outstanding research and writing for a Continuing Series for the Piano Technician’s Journal: “Voices from the Past: 18th and 19th Century Pianos in the 21st Century.”
This award is for the best writing all year for the organization, which covers all of North America in scope.
June 14-17, 2008 – Harpsichord Technician for Jory Vinikour recording
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.
June 8th 2008 – Harpsichords for the Spoleto Festival USA
Anne will be supplying and preparing harpsichords for the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina.
Presentation on high speed video photography techniques & 18th and 19th century piano actions
On May 30, 2008, Anne gave a presentation at the annual meeting of the American Musical Instrument Society held at the Cantos Music Foundation, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on the use of high speed video photography techniques for analysis of 18th and 19th century piano actions.
May 30, 2008 – Presentation at American Musical Instrument Society annual meeting
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
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
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
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
Article in The Canadian Music Teacher
“Opening Modern Eyes, Ears and Minds to the Past: 18th and 19th century Pianos in the 21st Century”, The Canadian Music Teacher, January 2008.