April Concerts
Three opportunities
to hear a recital by Karen and Jonathan:
Friday April 11 at 7:30pm. Music in Los
Altos at Los Altos Lutheran, 460 S El Monte at Cuesta
Sunday April 13 at 2pm. First
Presbyterian, 1140 Cowper at Lincoln, Palo Alto
Tuesday April 15 at 12:30pm. San
Francisco Noontime Concerts at Old St Mary s, 660 California at Kearney, San
Francisco
Reminiscing …
Here’s
the link to our last Bay Area collaboration.
More details …
Check out their web page .
A message from Albany Consort co-founder
Marion Rubinstein
This year marks the 50th year of the founding of The
Albany Consort. Fifty years ago, a small group of friends, barely
out of graduate school, had so much fun playing together that we
decided to put on a concert. We asked the organist at Christ
Church, Albany Street, London, if we could use his church, and
The Albany Consort was born.
For fifty years we have delighted our audiences with
lively, casual concerts. Often we have
served food to recreate the warmth and intimacy of the 18th
century. We perform locally, to attract our friends and neighbors. We
hope to continue to give you this wonderful music, and we need you to
keep coming and bringing more people to our performances.
We continue to operate on a shoestring, however.
Unlike the early years, when all the musicians were volunteers,
we guarantee all our musicians a set fee for each
concert. When audiences are small, we incur losses, which we
finance ourselves. Most of the time, through our generous donors
and occasional grant money, we are able if not to break even, at least
to not lose too much. Donations to offset costs are always highly
appreciated.
50 years is rare for music groups. Come to one
of these concerts and help us celebrate the beginning of our 51st
year!
Tickets and Donations
At the height of the pandemic, when concerts were all
on zoom or livestream, we gave free concerts. Now we’re in a hybrid mode
between live concerts and streamed events. These concerts will be recorded and
streamed at a later time. To keep us in business we re
doing tickets
and requesting donations.
Ticket price is $35 with a family rate of $95. But whatever you can give us is
fine, including just a dollar or two or even nothing at all. Concerts have
expenses: our musicians are professionals, giving up other work to be part of
The Albany Consort, and we rent the venues we use. Tickets, donations and our
savings have to cover our costs. All donations
received help us to fund this and future productions, and we are very
appreciative of your ongoing support. Thanks!
Previous Albany Consort concerts
The Albany Consort
Stay in touch, here are the ways:
408.480.0182
1071 Blair Ave, Sunnyvale Ca 94087, USA