Give Me Liberty, Give Me Song: America’s Journey at 250

Name: Give Me Liberty, Give Me Song: America’s Journey at 250
Start: 2026-04-25
Location: Piano Performance Museum at the Doctorow Center for the Arts

Apr 25, 2026
Piano Performance Museum at the Doctorow Center for the Arts

Sat. Apr 25th, 2026 at 4:00 pm

Tom Strange , curator of the Sigal Music Museum, will offer an overview of the piano’s history in the United States, highlighting how builders in a new cultural and economic landscape developed innovations shaped by local conditions and changing musical tastes. He will then introduce several landmark instruments from the Piano Performance Museum—Geib (1824), Nunns & Clark (1833), and a Steinway square grand (1865)—discussing their makers and distinctive qualities.

Musical examples will be performed by Patricia García Gil, Postdoctoral Associate and Artist-in-Residence at Cornell’s Center for Historical Keyboards.

Catskill Mountain Foundation

Now in its 28th year, the Catskill Mountain Foundation is a nonprofit arts organization that produces programs and workshops and operates multiple cultural venues, partnership initiatives, and signature festivals throughout the region.

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Date: April 25, 2026

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