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.
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