On the Fringes of Liberty

Name: On the Fringes of Liberty
Start: 2026-11-07
End: 2026-11-07
Location: Piano Performance Museum at the Doctorow Center for the Arts, 7971 Main Street, Hunter, NY 12442

Nov 7, 2026
Piano Performance Museum at the Doctorow Center for the Arts, 7971 Main Street, Hunter, NY 12442

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Join The Lisette Project for a powerful musical exploration of revolutionaries in Haiti, France, and the United States who stood at the edges of freedom’s promise. Through chamber music, anthem parodies, vaudeville tunes, and sacred music, the program creates a sonic landscape of the Revolutionary Atlantic while exploring the evolving boundaries of freedom envisioned by the Declaration of Independence. Founded in 2021 by artistic director Jean Bernard Cerin, The Lisette Project is a performance and research collective that explores the history of Haitian classical music and its connections to broader global currents.

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Date: November 7, 2026

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Piano Performance Museum at the Doctorow Center for the Arts, 7971 Main Street, Hunter, NY 12442
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7971 Main Street
Hunter, NY 12442
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518-263-2063
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Piano Performance Museum at the Doctorow Center for the Arts

Now on display: The Diane Estrin Miniature Piano Museum. A unusual collection of miniature pianos that mimic our larger collection of instrumental pianos. The Piano Performance Museum is open to the public on Fridays and Saturdays from 11am to 3pm by appointment only. A destination unlike any other in the United States, the Catskill Mountain Foundation’s Piano Performance Museum offers a unique glimpse into the development of pianos in Europe and America over the past four centuries. The Steven E. Greenstein collection includes early and modern keyboard instruments including European historic pianos, as well as American pianos built in the 18th and 19th centuries. The collection shows the development of the instrument from the small piano forte, built for use in private homes and salons, to the modern piano, built for large concert halls. The collection also includes tuning tools and repair kits, some 200 years old, leather-wrapped with a place for each tool; tuning forks, hammers—everything that would allow a technician to bring a piano back to maximum performance standards. Group Tours are available by appointment throughout the year, on weekdays and weekends, with docents or with professional concert artists providing mini-concerts on the historic instruments. Tours can be tailored to your interests. Call 518-263-2036 for more information. Piano Performance Museum at the Doctorow Center for the Arts Events APR, 25, 2026 Sat. Apr 25th, 2026 at 4:00 pm

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Doctorow Center for the Arts

The Doctorow Center offers amazing performances all year-round from live music and music education programs, movie showings, live music, puppetry, theater, and more! This multi-arts complex houses the Mountain Cinema, a three-screen movie theater, showing the latest in Hollywood and Independent movies are shown weekly year-round and the Evelyn Weisberg Concert Hall, a 150-seat performance space hosting chamber music, folk/pop music, puppetry, and theater. The Doctorow Center also houses the Piano Performance Museum, home to the unique Steven E Greenstein collection of historic pianos from the 18th to the 20th centuries. The Doctorow Center is the home of the Catskill Mountain Foundation, with programming and administrative offices located in the building. During the summer months, the Catskill Mountain Foundation hosts a variety of music education and performance programs at the Doctorow Center, with many events free and open to the public. Come share the music and love of learning with these talented students. The latest in Hollywood and Independent movies are shown weekly year-round, except on weekends when performances are scheduled. Check the Mountain Cinema to see what is showing this week and the showtimes. The Doctorow Center for the Arts is a program of the Catskill Mountain Foundation. Check out what’s happening at the Catskill Mountain Foundation. Doctorow Center for the Arts Events MAY, 2, 2026 Saturday, May 2nd at 7pm

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