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.
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
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.
Winter, 2006 Keyboard Music from the Federal Period of Georgia
Keyboard Music from the Federal Period of Georgia, Georgia Music Hall of Fame, Macon, Georgia, performed on an authentic early piano restored by Anne.
date tba.
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
July 2006 Savannah Bach Festival
Watch for the annual Savannah Bach Festival!
June 9, 2006 Concert
June Concert, 7:30 p.m.
Messiah Lutheran Church, 1 Westridge Rd Skidaway Island, Savannah, Georgia, (912) 598-1188