Midtown Concerts

06/18/2026

Enjoy as Ampersand shares music from the 16th collection of the Mexico City Cathedral. Sourced from a 1589 catalogue, the program features music from
Mathieu Gascogne, Francisco Guerrero, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Cristóbal de Morales, and Pierre de Manchicourt.

View the program, program notes, and translations:
https://gemsny.org/programs/Ampersand.pdf

Artist website: https://www.weareampersand.net/

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06/18/2026

GEMS welcomes new Executive Director, Dominic Giardino! Plus free events, videos, movie screenings and more. Read about it all in our latest Notes on the Scene!
https://mailchi.mp/gemsny/notes-on-the-scene-2026-06-18

06/15/2026

On June 18, Ampersand performs vocal works sourced from a 1589 musical catalogue from the Mexico City Cathedral. Enjoy this unique window into the performance practices of polyphonic music in 16th-century North America.

Join us this Thursday at 1:15pm EDT at St. Malachy's – The Actors' Chapel or on our YouTube channel.

Learn more:
https://gemsny.org/event/midtown-concerts-2026-06-18/

06/11/2026

Abendmusik - New York's Period Instrument String Band demonstrates the art of ornamentation in a program of Italian and Spanish music from the Late Renaissance and Early Baroque eras. Enjoy music by Dalla Casa, Rognoni, Bassano, Ortiz, and others.

Vita Wallace ~ violin
Claire Smith Bermingham ~ violin
Lawrence Lipnik ~ tenor viol
Patricia Ann Neely ~ bass viol
Richard Kolb ~ lute

View the program and program notes:
https://gemsny.org/programs/Abendmusik-26.pdf

Artist website:
https://abendmusik.net/

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https://gemsny.org/support-gems/

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06/09/2026

On June 11, experience the art of ornamentation with Abendmusik - New York's Period Instrument String Band and their program of Late Renaissance and Baroque music from Italy and Spain.

Far from simple decoration, ornamentation in 16th and 17-century Italy was a requirement to fully realize the expressive intent of vocal works. As a center of musical innovation of the time, Italian composers began to improvise and embellish motifs in a practice known as passagi di musica. This technique would later be employed in several musical configurations, including instrumental works, and codified in treatises. Enjoy examples from the treatises of Dalla Casa, Rognoni, Bassano, and the Spanish composer Ortiz.

Join us on Thursday, 1:15pm EDT, at St. Malachy's - The Actors' Chapel or on our YouTube channel.

Learn more:
https://gemsny.org/event/midtown-concerts-2026-06-11/

06/08/2026

On June 11, join us for Midtown Concerts: Abendmusik, where the art of ornamentation and its significance to 17th-century Italian music is fully realized.

More info:
https://gemsny.org/event/midtown-concerts-2026-06-11/

GEMS Midtown Concerts, Thursday, June 11 at 1:15 pm. St. Malachy's Church 239 West 49th street. Admission is free!

06/05/2026

Abendmusik - New York's Period Instrument String Band celebrates the art of ornamentation next week at Midtown Concerts!

Learn more:
https://gemsny.org/event/house-of-time-22/

GEMS - Midtown Concerts - Please join us in person or view virtually - on Thursday, June 11th at 1:15pm
https://gemsny.org/event/midtown-concerts-2026-06-11/

06/04/2026

Music from Han Dynasty China, 16th-century India, and Renaissance-era Italy and Europe are on the itinerary of Carnet de Soie ~ Silk Road Diaries' Musical Journeys Along the Silk Road.

Annette Bauer - musician ~ recorders, pipe and tabor, sarode, percussion, duduk
Ran Wang ~ guzheng

View the program and program notes
https://gemsny.org/programs/Bauer-Wang.pdf

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06/02/2026

On June 4, join Carnet de Soie ~ Silk Road Diaries on their Musical Journeys Along the Historic Silk Road. Annette Bauer and Ran Wang traverse the musical terrain of China during the Han Dynasty (200 BCE–9 CE), encounter the Maihar gharana traditions of 16th-century India, and arrive in Renaissance-era Italy, with sonic detours along the way.

Join us on Thursday, 1:15pm EDT, at St. Malachy's - The Actors' Chapel or on our YouTube channel.

Learn more:
https://gemsny.org/event/midtown-concerts-2026-06-04/

06/02/2026

June concludes the Midtown Concerts season with music sourced from around the globe.

June 4: Carnet de Soie ~ Silk Road Diaries takes Musical Journeys Along the Historic Silk Road with music from Han Dynasty China, India, and Renaissance Italy.

June 11: Abendmusik explores the art of ornamentation with music from 16th and 17th-century Italy and Spain.

June 18: Ampersand shares music from a 1589 collection from the Mexico City Cathedral, offering insights to performance practices of polyphonic repertoire from 16th-century North America

Join us at St. Malachy's – The Actors' Chapel, Thursdays at 1:15pm EDT, or on our YouTube channel.

View the remainder of the season:
https://gemsny.org/midtown-concerts/