May 28-June 8, 2025

An annual event celebrating the works of famed early composers performed on historical keyboards from the Piano Performance Museum

Directors: Audrey Axinn, Maria Rose
Doctorow Center for the Arts

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Group of historic pianos on stage at Doctorow

Led by renowned performers and specialists, students will participate in lessons, master classes, and workshops supported by plentiful access to pianos from the 18th and 19th century or their modern replicas. Daily individual instrumental lessons are complemented by group demonstrations, and the week-long study culminates in a final student concert.

Three students performing on stage

Workshop on Maintaining Historical Pianos, Harpsichords, and Clavichords

May 28, 29, 30 in the Piano Performance Museum, Doctorow Center for the Arts

Directors: Masayuki Maki and Richard Hester

Pianos in a room

Piano Performance Museum

Students have plentiful access to historic pianos in the Catskill Mountain Foundation's Piano Performance Museum, the home of the Steven E. Greenstein Piano Collection, a one-of-a-kind collection of historic pianos and musical artifacts.

Piano Performance Museum
Historic pianos in the museum.

Performances

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Your ongoing support is important and helps us continue to bring the arts to our Mountaintop community. We hope that you will include the Catskill Mountain Foundation in your end-of-year giving.