A remote or in-person 30-minute concert with Sarah, to be scheduled with her at a mutually convenient location and date.

A one hour private introduction to European lutes, early guitars and wire strung plucked instruments, from the renaissance through the classical period, in person. Day and time to be set between the participant and Olav Chris Henriksen. To be done either in person at Chris’ home or by Zoom, thus the participant will be able to see and hear many of Chris’ own copies and original instruments.

A 40-minute virtual lesson for a guitar, lute, or other string player in which Hopkinson will introduce lute and early music techniques, as well as share and practice early string repertoire with you.

A beautiful recorder in good condition which was owned and played by our late President and early music champion, James Shelley Nicolson.

Akiko Enoki Sato received advanced training in harpsichord and figured bass with Hank Knox at McGill University’s Early Music Program. Akiko has been heard as soloist and continuo player in Japan, Canada and US. She is now residing in Boston with her husband, Toshi and their cats, Hana & Momotaro. Akiko is a founder of early music ensemble Les Bostonades. They regularly perform French 17th and 18th century repertoires as well as Italian and German baroque music. She also performs with Boston based ensembles and she regularly plays continuo for graduate students in the Early Music programs at the Longy School of Music and the Historical Performance Department in Boston University. Before she become a harpsichordist, Akiko was an organist and earned a Master’s Degree in Organ Performance from Cleveland Institute of Music and Sacred Music degree from Southern Methodist University. Her principal teachers were Dr. Robert T. Anderson and Karel Paukert.

Emily Walhout grew up playing the cello and piano, but it was not until attending Oberlin Conservatory that her teacher Catharina Meints gave her the best advice she’s ever gotten: take up the viola da gamba. Since then she has enjoyed an active career performing Renaissance and Baroque chamber music on the viol, baroque cello, lirone, and bass violin. Marin Marais is a particular favorite; indeed, The New York Times praised her performance of his music as “soulful and expressive.” As a Certified Music Practitioner, Emily plays healing music on the viol one-on-one in health care settings.She maintains a small studio of private students in Watertown, MA.

Philadelphia native Sylvia Berry is one of North America’s leading exponents of the fortepiano and is a frequent harpsichord soloist. Hailed by Early Music America as “a complete master of rhetoric, whether in driving passagework or [in] cantabile adagios,” she is known not only for her exciting performances but for her engaging commentary about the music and the instruments she plays. Her disc of Haydn’s London Sonatas on the Acis label, recorded on an 1806 Broadwood grand restored by Dale Munschy, received critical acclaim. Fanfare enthused, “To say that Berry plays these works with vim, vigor, verve, and vitality, is actually a bit of an understatement.” Based in the Boston area, Berry has appeared as a soloist, chamber musician, and art song collaborator on a wide variety of instruments, and held masterclasses at The Curtis Institute of Music, Temple University, The Academy of Fortepiano Performance (Hunter, NY), and Longy School of Music of Bard College. As a scholar, Berry has written and lectured on the instruments and performance practices of the 18th and early 19th centuries, presenting lectures and lecture recitals at The Center for Beethoven Research (The College of Fine Arts, and the School of Music at Boston University), the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Princeton University Art Museum, among others. Berry coaches chamber music and teaches harpsichord at Harvard University’s Mather House. She attended she attended the New England Conservatory and holds degrees from Oberlin Conservatory, and the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, The Netherlands.