The English Concert in America, Inc. (TECA) is a non-profit corporation created to strenghthen ties between The English Concert and the United States. Members of TECA become closely involved with the life of one of the world’s leading baroque orchestras, particularly in the US.
TECA holds 501c3 status with the United States Inland Revenue Service, enabling donations to be fully tax-efficient.
Performances
Following 20 years of regular tours to the US, most recently a 2009 coast-to-coast tour with countertenor David Daniels, The English Concert plans to visit the States annually. We return in 2010 for a public recital at Carnegie Hall Weill Auditorium on October 13 and have been invited to appear at Carnegie Hall Stern Auditorium in three Handel Operas in three successive seasons, from 2012-13. Meantime we will be touring the US with countertenor Andreas Scholl in 2011-12.
We also give regular private concerts for our valued supporters. Last March we launched TECA at the renowned Knickerbocker Club on Fifth Avenue New York. In May 2010 we will return to New York for private recitals by our leader Nadja Zwiener.
Education
Hand in hand with performances we plan an ambitious education project in New York and other US cities, entitled Baroque Boot Camp. This will have has two aspects –
- to put aspiring young baroque directors through their paces in baroque repertoire
- to bring gifted young musicians from varied musical backgrounds together to create new baroque-inspired work and workshops in inner city schools.
The master class for young baroque directors under the direction of Harry Bicket will be for 4 young harpsichordists to better enable them to direct an orchestra and singers from the keyboard.
Twelve aspiring musicians in their 20s, six from London, six from New York, each accomplished in diverse fields hip-hop, jazz, pop, classical will meet The English Concert to create new work in week-long residencies in each city.
Get Closer
To receive regular newsletters about TECAs activities and invitations to private TECA events in New York City, please email Nick Morrison, Secretary, at nick@englishconcert.co.uk or Melanne Mueller, Vice-President and Treasurer, at tecinameria@googlemail.com
Founder Members of TECA
Anon • Bill & Bunny Beekman Audrey A Boughton Elizabeth & Ralph Brown Jr Tim & Sally Brown Alex & Louise Dye Barrett Freylinghausen Richard Gilder & Lois Chiles Edward & Susan Greenberg Sophie Hughes Melanne Mueller Gordon & Dailey Pattee Hugh J Tilney Grant & Hope Winthrop
Directors of TECA
Bunny Beekman (President) Melanne Mueller (Vice-President & Treasurer) Nick Morrison (Secretary) Sally Brown John Habich Anne Straton Pierson Hugh J Tilney
551 Cedar Street, West Barnstable, Massachusetts 02668, USA
US contact email: tecinamerica@googlmail.com Telephone: +1 917 907 2785 UK contact email: nick@englishconcert.co.uk Telephone: +44 20 7911 0905
The English Concert in America, Inc. is a not-for-profit nonstock corporation organised under the Delaware General Corporation Law. Registered office: Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, City of Wilmington, County of Newcastle, Delaware.
