No, I wasn’t doing nothing for a year and a half! Senior Editor and contributor for the 2nd Edition of the Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments.
Yes, I played quite a few concerts during this time with The Goliards and The Savannah Childrens Choir, as well as with the Savannah Philharmonic Chamber Music Series, and I gave talks. So why have I not updated this website? For the last several years, I was serving as a Senior Editor and contributor to the 2nd edition of the Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments for Oxford University Press. As you might imagine it took a LOT of time! What a great job it was though. I was in charge of all stringed keyboard instruments, as well as many organs, a few odds and ends, and all the Electronics and many of the Acoustics and other unusual modern creations. We wrapped up in June 2013 and since then I’ve been playing catch up in my workshop. I may or may not get around to putting in the performances and the like from the last couple years as really do need to work on my instrument queue and practice for the next concerts!
Lieder Concert with Baritone Roger Moss, Sunday May 5, 2013 3 p.m.
A performance accompanying the fine baritone Roger Moss on piano at St Paul’s Episcopal Church, Abercorn St., Savannah, GA. Traditional works by Brahms, Strauss, Wagner, and beautiful 20th century works. It is nice to be back playing fine vocal accompaniment and especially with such a fine singer.
Nov. 11 Fortepiano Performance at the Ships of the Sea Museum, Savannah, Georgia
I will be bringing a fortepiano for the annual Museum in the Moonlight, 7-9 pm, on November 11th at the beautiful Ships of the Sea Museum in Savannah, Georgia’s historic district. Come enjoy early 19th century American, British and European fortepiano music while strolling the music and garden at this annual free event!
for more information: Ships of the Sea Museum calendar of events
PTG Workshop October 8th, 2011, Savannah, Georgia
On Saturday, October 8th, I hosted an all day workshop for members of the Savannah-Charleston chapters of the Piano Technicians Guild. Members were able to up close study and discuss a circa 1800 Broadwood square, harpsichord stringing issues, making hitchpin loops and stringing using hole-less tuning pins, and studied a late 19th century Chickering upright piano action.
For more information about the PTG, see: PTG
Boston Early Music Festival Exhibition June 15-18, 2011
I’ll be holding down the fort with Carey Beebe, discussing TPW kits showing instruments and kits from The Paris Workshop at the Boston Early Music Festival Exhibition at the Radisson hotel in downtown Boston from June 15-18.
Come see a stage 1 kit as it comes, and a completed French single!
For more information see: www.bemf.org andThe Paris Workshop
June 4, 2011, The Goliards at the Ships of the Sea Museum
We’ll be doing a “Best of Goliards” concert for a free concert with refreshments in the beautiful garden at the Ships of the Sea Museum in downtown Savannah. Singers Cuffy Sullivan and Jonathan Brazel, John Hillenbrand on vielle and violin, Jonathan Brazel on recorders, and myself on symphonie and my English Bentside Spinet harpsichord. Yes, I’ve managed to get the Goliards to venture into “modern” music, dragging them into the 17th century! Also, yes, I’m breaking my rule about not taking a harpsichord to an outdoor performance.
7:30 p.m. The Ships of the Sea Museum, 41 Martin Luther King Blvd., Savannah, GA
For more information see: www.shipsofthesea.org
May 14, 2011 Lecture and Performance at SEHKS Conference
At the South Eastern Historical Keyboard Society Conference, this year in Macon, Georgia, I will be giving a lecture on “An Introduction to the English Square Piano”, and that night performing a Philadelphia Sonata by Reinagle and Dussek’s, The Sufferings of the Queen of France on an 1805 Tomkison square piano I restored in 2010 on a program with other performers.
For more information see www.sehks.org
May 2011 Publication in the PTG Journal “Importing and Exporting Pianos”
An article on the issues and solutions for import and export of instruments with ivory keys.
“Importing and Exporting Pianos: or When is a Piano Like an Elephant”
Piano Technicians Journal May 2011 Vol. 54 No. 5
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May 1, 2011 Spring Concert with Savannah Children’s Choir
The Savannah Children’s Choir final concert of an amazing season! Myself at the piano.
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Savannah, Georgia
4 p.m. May 1, 2011
for more information see Savannah Children’s Choir