In February of 2021, 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 that may be of interest to musical instrument lovers.
Feb. 1
7:30 pm EST: SalonEra Afro-Caribbean Roots, virtual concert
Feb. 5
2 pm PST: Museum of Making Music@Home: Kris Johnson, The Flugelhorn
Feb. 6 1:30-3:30 pm EST: "Decentering the Canon," online conference, Oberlin Conservatory
Feb. 6 8:00 pm EST: Tunde, film about Tunde Jegede (kora and cello), online premiere
Feb. 8 11:00 am EST: Beethoven's Quarter Millennial-Virtual Series Early Sonatas, pianist Zack Hughes Sigal Music Museum
Feb. 13 1:00 pm PST: Mary Springfels: Chasing the Good Lai—Machaut’s Lai de la fontaine, viol, virtual concert
Feb. 14 2:00 pm EST: The Artistry of John Lenti, lute, virtual concert
Feb. 15 11:00 am EST: Beethoven's Quarter Millennial-Virtual Series Early Sonatas, pianist Zack Hughes Sigal Music Museum
Feb. 18 7:30 pm EST: Elegance: The Harper's Voice, Parker Ramsay, baroque harp and Amanda Powell, soprano
Feb. 19 1:00 pm PST: “The Musicology of Gullah Geechee Culture;” EMSI Musicology Forum with Ron Daise
Feb. 21 3:00 pm EST: CSI: Keyboards Virtual Lecture Series Part IV – Beautiful But Broken, Sigal Music Museum
Feb. 22
11:00 am EST: Beethoven's Quarter Millennial-Virtual Series Early Sonatas, pianist Zack Hughes Sigal Music Museum
Feb. 23-March 11
Tarisio Online Auction - Fine Instruments and Bows
Feb. 24 4:00 pm EST: Mwenso & The Shakes - Lincoln Center, Concert for Kids Feb. 25-27 National Association for Music Education, virtual conference
Feb. 27 7:30 pm EST: Delving Deeper-Journey of the Transverse Flute by Suzanne Stumpf, virtual concert
Feb. 28 2:00 pm PST: Spreckles Organ Virtual Concert, San Diego