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April 2020 Musical Instrument Calendar
Updated: Apr 26, 2020

AMIS loves musical instruments and the music that they create. Music brings people together across all barriers and boundaries and helps to create community. However, during this unusual time of the spread of the global pandemic of the Corona Virus, music must bring us together virtually. Most of the typical events this calendar lists: international conferences, museum programs, and other concerts are cancelled or postponed. Yet creative people are finding new ways to present content online. This calendar will list some events that are of interest to musical instrument lovers that can be found online during the month of April 2020. Check back for updates throughout the month!
April 1 12:00 Noon CDT Hope@Home Violinist Daniel Hope livestreams concerts from his home for 14
days. You can livestream on ARTE Concert's website, or on YouTube.
12:00 Noon EDT Virtual Tour - Sigal Music Museum, Greenville, South Carolina Every Wednesday and Friday at noon on Facebook.
April 2
19:30 GMT London Symphony Orchestra performs Brahms’ Symphony No.5.
April 3 7:00 pm EDT "Lockdown Livestream" performed by Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn
April 4 14:00 GMT Barbara Hannigan and Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra perform Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto with violinist Veronika Eberle.
8:00 pm EDT Jazz at Lincoln Center Recommendation "The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim" presented by Alexa Tarantino, saxophone and flute with Steven Feifke, piano
April 5 2:00 pm PDT Organ Recital, Spreckels Organ Pavilion, Balboa Park, San Diego
April 6 19:30 GMT Leon McCawley (piano) performs Schubert, Schumann, Grieg and Janáček at the Wigmore Hall in London.
April 7 The Violin Channel is broadcasting regularly. Check out:
12 pm EDT Violist Karolina Errera
2 pm EDT Cellist Andrew Yee
4 pm EDT Violinist Nancy Zhou
6 pm EDT Violinist Eric Sillberger
12:00 noon CDT "Bacon Banjos" from the American Banjo Museum
April 8 12:00 Noon EDT Virtual Tour - Sigal Music Museum, Greenville, South Carolina Every Wednesday and Friday at noon on Facebook.
12:00 Noon CDT "Treasures of the Archives" from the American Banjo Museum
April 9 19:30 GMT London Symphony Orchestra performs ballet music by Stravinsky, including from The Firebird and The Rite of Spring. April 10 12:00 Noon EDT Virtual Tour - Sigal Music Museum, Greenville, South Carolina Every Wednesday and Friday at noon on Facebook.
7:00 pm EDT "Lockdown Livestream" performed by Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn
April 11 1:00 pm EDT Fred Hersch, jazz piano 6:00 pm EDT Chao Tian, yangqin (Chinese dulcimer)
April 12 2:00 pm PDT Organ Recital, Spreckels Organ Pavilion, Balboa Park, San Diego 11:00 am GMT Christ lag in Todes Banden by J.S. Bach, performed by the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists 19:00 GMT London Symphony Orchestra performs Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2 with soloist Seong-Jin Cho.
6:00 pm EDT "Parallel Intersections," a program with Chao Tian, yangqin (Chinese dulcimer) and Josanne Francis, steel pans