The English Concert in America, Inc. (TECA) is a non-profit corporation created to strengthen 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 chamber orchestras, particularly in the US.
TECA holds 501c3 status with the US Inland Revenue Service, enabling donations to be fully tax-efficient.
Performances
Following 20 years of regular visits to the US, including a coast-to-coast tour with countertenor David Daniels in 2009, The English Concert returned in October 2010 with Artistic Director Harry Bicket and mezzo Alice Coote for concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York and at the Library of Congress in Washington.
The New York Times critic wrote -
"The English Concert’s performance at Weill Recital Hall on Wednesday evening had plenty to recommend it, not least Rachel Podger’s magnificent violin playing in a pair of Vivaldi Concertos, and intensely dramatic accounts of Monteverdi and Handel vocal works with the mezzo-soprano Alice Coote."
And the Washington Post had this to say -
"...this customarily elegant group seemed to be channeling the brasher, more risk-taking approach of many Italian period-instrument bands, with boisterous attacks, daringly elastic phrasing, extravagant ornamentation and even some drumming on the double-bass. If ensemble unity was pushed to its limits, conductor Harry Bicket made sure the improvisatory verve didn't undermine cohesion."
In the fall of 2011 we visited nine North American cities, including Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Boston and Toronto, with programs featuring countertenor Andreas Scholl as well as brilliant instrumental music.
From 2013 The English Concert will have the honor of appearing on Carnegie Hall main stage in three successive seasons, the first appearance being a presentation of Handel's operatic masterpiece, Radamisto, with David Daniels in the title role, directed by Harry Bicket, himself no stranger to the Metropolitan Opera orchestra pit.
We also give regular private concerts for our valued supporters in New York City. In 2009 we launched TECA at the renowned Knickerbocker Club on Fifth Avenue, where we returned for a recital by our leader Nadja Zwiener in May 2010. The English Concert returns to New York City for more concerts in the fall of 2012.
Education
Hand in hand with performances we plan ambitious education projects in New York and other US cities –
- master classes for aspiring young harpsichordist-directors who study a wide range of Baroque repertoire intensively under the tutelage of Harry Bicket and the orchestra
- a 'Baroque Boot Camp' to bring gifted young musicians from varied musical backgrounds together to create new baroque-inspired work and workshops in inner city schools.
Get Closer
To receive more information about TECA or offer us support, please register for updates above or email Mona Cavalcoli, TECA Adminsitrator, tecinamerica@googlemail.com
Members of TECA
Anon • Renee Barrick • Bill & Bunny Beekman • Audrey A Boughton • Elizabeth & Ralph Brown Jr • Tim & Sally Brown • Elizabeth & Blake Cabot • Gregory C Carroll • Alex & Louise Dye • Barrett Freylinghausen • Kathleen Gerard • Richard Gilder & Lois Chiles • Gordon & Maggie Gray • Edward & Susan Greenberg • Sophie Hughes • Rebecca & Richard Lindsey • J Kenneth Moore • Melanne Mueller • Ted & Berneil R Mueller • Gordon & Dailey Pattee • Anne & Joseph Pierson • Luke Ives Pontifell • Ann & Adam Spence • Hugh J Tilney • Steve Winn • Grant & Hope Winthrop
Directors of TECA
Bunny Beekman (President)• Sally Brown • Melanne Mueller (Vice-President & Treasurer) • Nicky Oppenheimer • Anne Straton Pierson • Luke Ives Pontifell • Hugh J Tilney
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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.
