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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.

The Viola da Gamba Society-New England has awarded the 2020-2021 Gian Lyman Silbiger Grant to Mary Jodice and Carol Lewis for a concert entitled “Cries and Ballads of London” to be held at St. Andrew’s Church in Marblehead, MA. at 7:00pm on June 20, 2021. 

The Viola da Gamba Society-New England has awarded the 2020-2021 Gian Lyman Silbiger Grant to Mary Jodice and Carol Lewis for a concert to be held at St. Andrew’s Church in Marblehead, MA. at 7:00pm on June 30, 2021.  Mary and Carol plan a program of early 17th century English music by Ramsey, Gibbons, Byrd and […]

Once again it is time to renew your membership in the VdGS-NE.  The year ahead will bring unknown challenges along with some we are all too familiar with, and we will need your support to be sure the sound of the gamba continues in our area. All memberships begin September 1, so please take this opportunity […]

Due to the upheavals from COVID-19 and the uncertainty around next season, the Silbiger Grant committee is extending the deadline for applications for the 2020-2021 season to September 1, 2020 with notification by October 1. Performances may be held any time through the end of 2021.

The 2020 Silbiger Grant concert has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Schola Cantorum will make every effort to reschedule some time in early summer.

The VdGS-NE Silbiger Committee is proud to announce that the 2018-2019 Silbiger Grant has been awarded to Emmanuel Church of Boston, for an April. 14, 2019 Palm Sunday 11:00am service. The Emmanuel Church’s professional choir is directed by Ryan Turner, and the viol player/organizer for the service is Laura Jeppesen. The music will be selections […]

On Tuesday, July 10, the VdGS-NE helped present This Cross Upon My Breast, the 2018 Silbiger Grant performance.  Joshua Garvey, with a viol consort assembled by Hannah Davidson, performed works by Dowland and gave the New England premiere of John Harbison’s The Cross of Snow. A review of the performance follows.

The board members of the Viola da Gamba Society - New England all feel that this fiscal year would be a good time to show our appreciation for the current recording/corresponding secretary, Martha Davison. It is high time that Martha be recognized for all that she has done, and continues to do, to support and promote viol playing in New England and beyond.