September 2010, Presentation at Westfield Center Conference, Yale University
September 24-26, 2010
Invited speaker at this conference on historic keyboards. I will be discussing the characteristics of the pianos of Chopin’s time and after and how they affect performance and interpretation of his music. Demonstrations will use the instruments at the Yale Musical Instruments Collection.
For more information see:
http://westfield.music.cornell.edu/chopin/
Vienna Talk 2010 Presentation
September 19, 2010
Presenting “Impact Dynamics of Felt Piano Hammers” with Dr. Stephen Birkett at Vienna Talk 2010 in Vienna, Austria
For more information, see:
http://viennatalk.mdw.ac.at/
September 2008 – Lecture Recital on Music of Revolutionary Georgia
September 2008, Lecture Recital on Music of Revolutionary Georgia as part of the Coastal Heritage Society Revolutionary Perspectives Lecture Series. http://www.chsgeorgia.org, Savannah History Museum, 303 Martin Luther King Blvd, Savannah, GA date tba.
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.
June 20-24, 2007 Piano Technicians Guild National Convention Appearances
At the 50th Annual Piano Technicians Guild Convention in Kansas City
Anne joins a select panel of other conservators and specialists in antique keyboard instruments to examine the state, treatment, and future of antique pianos.
May 20, 2007 Music for an 18th Century Drawing Room
May 20, 2007, 4 p.m. Savannah College of Art and Design, Kiah Hall, Martin Luther King Blvd, Savannah, Georgia Anne will play harpsichord and fortepiano, and discuss musical life in private homes in England and the colonies in the 18th century, in an afternoon program for the English Speaking Union, Savannah, Georgia Chapter. English Speaking Union website Review from the ESU website Our own Anne Acker was the speaker and performer for our meeting this month. To see Anne, one would hardly expect to see her moving pianos and other heavy musical instruments about, but that was exactly what she does for a living. Anne brought a Piano Forte and a Harpsichord to the meeting with her. After our president Barbara O. Smith introduced her, Anne answered a few interesting questions about the instruments that she brought with her. These were beautiful pieces of woodworking craft that were either built or restored by Anne at her shop. Anne then began the meeting with what everyone present agreed was a stunningly beautiful demonstration of each instruments capability. It was actually more than that. It was a wonderful concert presented for our pleasure. Everyone sat spellbound while listening and watching Anne’s nimble […]
March 29, 2007 Savannah Music Festival
Savannah Music Festival, Savannah, Georgia, 12:30 p.m. on March 29, 2007 at the Unitarian Universalist Church on Troup Square. http://savannahmusicfestival.org
Georgian On My Mind Anne plays a recital on harpsichord and fortepiano, and discuss on keyboards and music in Georgia, 1760-1820. Sponsored by the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and the Savannah Morning News.
November, 2006 Recital / Lecture on Federal Era Music in Georgia
Recital / Lecture on Federal Era Music in Georgia. Details tba.
Georgia Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Macon, Georgia