In December of 2020, the Covid-19 virus is resurging in Europe and North America. Many of the in-person events that had begun to populate the music world have once again been cancelled. Many European and American museum collections are facing their second closure of the pandemic. At the same time, other events continue in digital formats. This calendar is a select list of events, both in-person and online, that may be of interest to musical instrument lovers.
Dec. 1 7:00 pm EST Seasons: A Song Cycle for Guitar Quartet - Virtual Premiere, Metropolitan Museum Dec. 4 2 pm PST: Museum of Making Music@Home: Daniel Ho, the Ukulele
Dec. 5 Geelvinck Fortepiano Festival 17:00 CET Olga Pashchenko - Geelvink Music Museums, Amsterdam
Dec. 7
Geelvinck Fortepiano Festival
17:00 CET Keiko Shichijo - Geelvinck Music Museums, Amsterdam
Dec. 8
8:00 pm GMT Martin Hayes Livestream Concert, Irish Fiddle
Dec. 11
Gardiner Houlgate Musical Instrument Auction - Corsham, Wiltshire, UK
Dec. 12
12:00 pm EST Christmas with James Kennerly, organ - Virtual Performance, Kotschmar Organ, Portland, Maine
Dec. 13
World Violin Day
Dec. 13 Lake County Musician’s Swap Meet - Mount Dora, Florida
Dec. 13
CSI Keyboards: Part Two - Virtual Lecture, Sigal Music Museum
Dec. 16-18 The Midwest Clinic - Virtual
Dec. 16 Beethoven's Quarter Millennial - Virtual Concert, Sigal Music Museum
Dec. 21 Beethoven's Quarter Millennial - Virtual Concert, Sigal Music Museum
Dec. 24 1:00 CST Carillon Concert - Belmont University, Nashville, TN