Concert Venues and Series

in the New York City area

The Brooklyn Oratory

Tickets $12 at the door; $9 for students, seniors, and EMA members. For information and phone reservations, call (718) 875-2565.

Directions

• By car: Manhattan Bridge to Flatbush Avenue Extension; turn right onto Myrtle Avenue to Oratory Place.
• By subway: #2, 3, 4, or 5 trains to Court Street/Borough Hall; or take A, C, or F trains to Jay Street, Borough Hall.

The Cloisters

The Cloisters, a building in Manhattan belonging to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and constructed from pieces of medieval churches, monasteries, etc., is the site of at least two musical series.

Concerts at the Cloisters

Most concerts take place on Sundays at 1:00 and 3:00 PM. Prices $25-40 include same-day admission to the Cloisters Museum (and the Metropolitan Museum of Art). All performances take place in the 12th-century Fuentidueña Chapel, which is fairly small, so reservations by mail or telephone are recommended. For information, call (212) 650-2290; to purchase tickets by mail call TicketMaster at (212) 307-4100, or write to
Tickets by Mail
Concerts at the Cloisters
Fort Tryon Park
New York, NY 10040
Tickets will be mailed until two weeks before an event, and held at the door thereafter. Tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded.

Directions

• By car: Get in the northbound lanes of Riverside Drive and take the Fort Tryon Park exit (the first one after the GW bridge), and follow signs until you find parking.
• By subway: Take the A train (isn't there a song about that?) to the Dyckman stop. Cross Dyckman and/or Broadway to the park and enter a maze of black-top paths; whenever you have a choice, go up.
  Alternatively, take the A train to the 190th street stop, exit station by elevator, and walk north.
• By bus: Take the M-4 bus to the north end of the line and walk north on Margaret Corbin Drive or through the gardens.

Music Before 1800

This is a concert series, run by Music Before 1800 Productions. Tickets are sold individually, or at a discount for the whole series (eight concerts in the 2000-2001 series). Call (212) 666-9266 for more information.

Corpus Christi Church

529 West 121st Street, Manhattan.

The Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

The Church of St. Mary the Virgin

145 West 46th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues, Manhattan)

New York Society for Ethical Culture Auditorium

Central Park West at 64th Street, Manhattan

St. Paul's Chapel of Columbia University

Enter campus at West 116th Street from Broadway or Amsterdam Avenue. No reserved seats

Christ Church and Holy Family

320 Clinton Street (at Kane Street), Cobble Hill, Brooklyn; reach it by taking the the 2,3,4,A,N, or R subway line to Brooklyn Heights, or the F or G subway line to Bergen Street in Cobble Hill.

The Church of Our Savior

59 Park Avenue at 38th Street, Manhattan

Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center

Tickets typically $28-35.

Weill Recital Hall

Part of Carnegie Hall. How do you get there, you ask? Practice, practice, practice....

The Church of the Ascension

at 12 West 11th Street, New York, NY 10011. Phone 212-358-1469 for information about the musical group, Voices of the Ascension.

Polyhymnia

A mostly-vocal group, ensemble in residence at St. Ignatius of Antioch (not to be confused with St. Ignatius Loyola, below), at West End Avenue and 87th Street.

Sacred Music in a Sacred Space

A series of concerts, not strictly early, at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola 980 Park Avenue (at 84th Street), New York, NY 10028. For concert information, call 212-288-2520.

The New York Early Music Series

This is a concert series including baroque, Renaissance, and medieval concerts.
Tickets are $12.00, $8.00 for students, seniors, and members of various early music associations. Other discounts are available if you buy tickets to more than one concert at a time; see their web page or call 212-730-1316 for more information.
They use two venues:

• The Nour Foundation
  322 West 108 Street, Manhattan
• Church of All Nations
  417 West 57th Street, Manhattan

L'Antica Musica New York

Early-music ensemble in residence at St. Bartholomew's Church. Joel Frederiksen, director; devoted to the performance of early music, particularly late Renaissance and early Baroque.

St. Bartholomew's Church

109 East 50th Street, New York, NY 10022.
For information on concerts and subscription prices, call 212-378-0248 or visit the St Bartholomew's Church Website.

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New York City's best-known early music group, a medieval vocal ensemble in residence at St. Michael's Church. See also their record company's page on its various artists.

New York's Ensemble for Early Music

Frederick Renz's group, resident artists at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, have been performing early music and drama for 25 years. Concerts generally run $25 at the door, less by subscription; the dramatic performances (e.g. medieval passion plays) are a few dollars more. For information on their concert series or to order tickets or CD's, call 212-749-6600 or visit www.EarlyMusicNY.org.

The Four Nations Ensemble

performs Baroque and Renaissance music at the
Friends' Meeting House, 15 Rutherford Place, 15th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, Manhattan.
For more information or to order tickets, call (518) 828-6124 or (718) 622-3695 or visit their web site.

St. Michael's Church

99th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan.
For information and tickets, call 212-678-5432.

Music at the Anthology

A concert series at the Anthology Film Archives,
32 2nd Ave. Manhattan
Call (212) 505-5181 for information.

Church of St. Mary the Virgin

145 West 46th (Between 6th and 7th Avenues), Manhattan
Call (212)749-6600 for information.

Grace Church in New York

802 Broadway at 10th Street, Manhattan.
The home venue for Parthenia, A Consort of Viols.
Call 212-358-5942 or visit the Web site for information.

St. James Cathedral-Basilica

250 Cathedral Place (Jay & Tillary Streets) Brooklyn
Call (212) 873-0473 for information.

Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Amsterdam Ave. & 112th Street, Manhattan
Call (212) 749-6600 or visit stjohndivine.org for information.

Church of St. Luke in the Fields

487 Hudson Street in Greenwich Village
Call (212) 633-2167 for information.

St. Francis of Assisi Church

135 West 31st St. New York, NY 10001.
Call (212) 967-9157 for information.

German-Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Paul

315 West 22nd Street, Manhattan. Contact 212-741-2417 for information.

Mannes College of Music Historical Performance Program

Most concerts are at the Mannes College of Music Concert Hall, at 150 West 85th Street, Manhattan. Most, but not all, concerts are free. For further information, contact the New School University Box Office at 212/229-5488.

The Clarion Music Society

A series of Renaissance and Baroque music concerts. Phone 212-772-4448, fax 212-650-3661, or visit the box office at 68th Street between Park and Lexington, noon-6 PM Monday through Saturday. Most concerts take place at...

The Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse

Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021. www.kayeplayhouse.com.

Casa Italiana

at Columbia University; on Amsterdam Avenue between 116th and 118th streets. All concerts at Casa Italiana are free and open to the public.

For more information and upcoming concert listings, see Casa Italiana's page.

Cooper Union

East 7th Street at Third Avenue
For tickets, call Ticket Central at 212-279-4200.

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