The next granting period of the Silbiger Grant for voices and viols is now open. Submit your application for performances in the 2023-2024 academic year by April 15. Consult the full page about this program for full information and to submit your application!
Temple Beth David of Westwood will be offering a special Jewish Sabbath service with musicians from the Viola da Gamba Society of New England on Friday, December 16, 2022. This service is supported by the 2022-23 Gian Silbiger grant for music with viol players and singers. The Shabbat service begins at 6:30 pm at Temple Beth […]
Hannah R. Davidson January 10, 1958 – May 31, 2022 Hannah Davidson of Belmont Massachusetts, passed comfortably, at home, on May 31, 2022 after a long hard battle against breast cancer. Her parents Bruce C. Davidson and Martha W. Davidson of Belmont, Massachusetts preceded her in death. She is survived by her sister Elizabeth Davidson […]
Long & Away presents a brand new program for voices and viols celebrating the many delights of spring! This tour of 16th-c. Europe features works by Lassus, Senfl, Marenzio and others that explore age old themes of love, nature, dancing, and drinking. You’ll hear morning birdsong, nighttime meditations, rarefied musings on love, and rustic songs […]
The next granting period of the Silbiger Grant for voices and viols is now open. Submit your application for performances in the 2022-2023 academic year by April 15.
The Gian Lyman Silbiger Grant for 2021 has been awarded to Boston-based soprano Elise Groves and viol consort Long & Away (Anne Legêne, viol player/organizer). Their concert “So Trinken Wir Alle” will take place twice next June in Boston and Shirley, MA, and will likely be filmed as well to share with those unable to […]
VdGS-NE Saturday Zoom Early Music Practice Sessions continue! Feeling all alone when you practice? Want to practice but just can’t get started? Would having some company help? FREE, no-risk, no-commitment! All players invited! All instrument types welcome!
We suggest that our members consult the New England Early Music Calendar to find out about and list events in New England that involve the viol.
We are pleased to announce the continuation of our successful online workshops with three monthly sessions held over Zoom on Sunday October 17, Saturday November 13, and Sunday December 12.
The 2020 Silbiger Concert which was canceled in the early days of the Pandemic has at long last been rescheduled. Schola Cantorum of Boston under the direction of Fred Jodry will present their program of English renaissance music for voices and viols November 12 in Boston and November 14 in Providence.