December 7, 2008 – Savannah Children’s Choir Annual Christmas Concert
Savannah Children’s Choir Annual Christmas Concert at the historic Lucas Theatre in downtown Savannah. Being accompanist for the Savannah Childrens Choir is one of the most meaningful things I do, giving back to the community. 3pm.
November 23, 2008 – Performance with The Savannah Children’s Choir
Performance with The Savannah Children’s Choir (www.savannahchoir.org) at the Telfair Museum’s Jepson Center for the Arts, a program of original and modern adaptations of Gospel, early American shape note and other traditional religious songs. 1:30 pm
For more information: http://www.telfair.org/jepsongospelbrunch/default.asp
Nov. 15, 2008 – Piano Technicians Guild Seminar Harpsichord 101
A crash course for PTG members, Harpsichord 101, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008 10 a.m-noon, at Asbury Memorial Methodist Church, Savannah, Georgia.
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October 26, 2008 – Performance with Ensemble Con Spirito
Performance with Ensemble Con Spirito (www.ensembleconspirito.org) at the Telfair Museum’s Jepson Center for the Arts, a program of Gospel, original and modern adaptations of early American shape note and other traditional songs. October 26, 1:30 pm
For more information: http://www.telfair.org/jepsongospelbrunch/default.asp
Article in January 2009 Piano Technician’s Journal
“The Cantos Music Foundation: The History of the Keyboard from the Beginning to the Present”, PTG Journal, January 2009.
Article in October 2008 Piano Technician’s Journal
“Running a Small Shop Restoration Business” with Chuck Behm, PTG Journal, October 2008.
September 23rd, 2008 – Solo performance/discussion: “An Introduction to the Harpsichord”
Solo performance/discussion: “An Introduction to the Harpsichord”, at the Charles Ellis Montessori Academy’s Afternoon Musicale Series, a bi-monthly series bringing the best of Savannah’s musicians into the community. Free and open to the public. 3:30 pm.
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.
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.