AMIS Loves Musical Instruments! The following select events represent some of the scholarly meetings, musical instrument collection programs, instrument trade shows, auctions, and more that are occurring this month. If you would like to list your event please email: blogs.amis@gmail.com.
December 2:
Unusual Violins - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
December 3
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Culture, Washington, D.C.
December 4 The Ney: Cane Flutes of the Islamic World - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
December 6, 7, and 8 Sanfilippo Foundation Christmas Concerts on the Mighty Wurlitzer - Barrington, IL
December 6, 7, and 8
“A Thousand Times Welcome” - Brandywine Baroque, Wilmington, DE
December 7
Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley - Museum of Making Music Carlsbad, CA
December 7
Canadian Brass – Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, AZ
December 7 – 14
York Early Music Festival, York, UK
December 8
Carillon Recital – University of Wisconsin, Madison
December 11
Auction: Online Violin Sale- Brompton’s
December 11 – 12
Auction: Guitar sale - Gardiner Houlgate
December 12 – 14 International Contemporary Piano Meeting - Porto, Portugal
December 13
December 13
Auction: Musical Instruments - Gardiner Houlgate
December 15 46th Anniversary Tuba Christmas - Rockefeller Center, New York City
Check other dates and locations around the world
December 18 – 21
The Midwest Clinic - Chicago, Illinois
December 20
A Baroque Christmas - Aislinn Nosky plays a baroque holiday concert using “The Gould” violin by Antonio Stradivari, 1693, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
December 21
The Klezmatics: A Happy Joyous Hanukkah - Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, AZ
December 22
Carillon Recital – University of Wisconsin, Madison