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Parthenia Viol Consort Presents A New Yeare’s Gift on January 2, 2026 at Manhattan’s Church of St. Luke in the Fields
Parthenia Viol Consort Presents A New Yeare’s Gift on January 2, 2026 at Manhattan’s Church of St. Luke in the Fields
New York, NY – Parthenia, New York’s premiere viol consort, has announced the second event of their 2025-2026 New York concert season, which will be presented on Friday, January 2 @ 7:30 PM at The Church of Saint Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson Street, NYC.
The program, A New Yeare’s Gift will present carols, motets, dances and fantasias from Elizabethan England by Byrd, Holborne, Ravenscroft and Morley, joined by soprano Sherezade Panthaki.
Tickets for this concert is Pay-What-You-Will, with a suggested donation of $25.00 – $45.00, available at https://parthenia.org/shop/a-new-yeares-gift/.
Parthenia is Beverly Au, Lawrence Lipnik, Rosamund Morley and Lisa Terry. Visit them at http://www.parthenia.org. They are the Early Music Ensemble in Residence at Stern College for Women.
Sherezade Panthaki, soprano, has recently performed early music and oratorio with the New York Philharmonic, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Bach Collegium Japan, Wiener Akademie (Austria), NDR Hannover Radiophilharmonie (Germany), the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Boston Early Music Festival, and the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (Canada). She is a founding member of the Kaleidoscope Vocal Ensemble and has been featured in their performances and educational programs of early and new music. She has taught voice at Yale University, and currently heads the Vocal program at Mount Holyoke College. More about her at http://www.sherezadepanthaki.com/.
Parthenia's concert season is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature. Parthenia is a sponsored organization of the New York Foundation for the Arts, and is a member of Early Music America and Chamber Music America.
Group photos are available online at http://parthenia.org/press/. For press inquiries, please contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net.
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