Concert Schedule


Concert dates and times subject to change.

Thursday, March 30, 2023 @1:15-2 pm

 La Serenissima: Music from the Republic of Venice (697–1797)


In person at St. Malachy's Church, 239 West 49th Street, Manhattan

Watch online here or on YouTube

GEMS presents

The Alba Consort

As part of The Midtown Concert Series

The Concert is free and open to the public


Saturday, December 3 @5pm

Moravian College and Trinity Episcopal Church's

YULETIDE REVELS   

an annual benefit for Trinity Kitchen

presents

ALBA Consort's "A Crown of Stars"

Medieval and Renaissance music for the Holiday Season

followed by the Yuletide Feast.

ALL WELCOME

Suggested donation: $15 to benefit Trinity Kitchen

Trinity Episcopal Church

44 East Market Street

Bethlehem, PA 18018

610-867-4741


https://www.trinitybeth.org/


Sunday, October 30 @3pm

ALBA CONSORT presents:

Ancient Strains, Songs Foretold

Featuring the World Premiere of Reza Vali’s “Four Persian Mystic Poems”,

a song cycle for Mezzo-soprano, Oud, Lute, Harp, Guitar and Percussion 

with Persian poems by Rumi, Hafez and Sepehri,

in concert with Early Music performed on period instruments from the Caucasus to the Sea -

including Persia, Armenia, Cyprus, North Africa and Iberia.

Sunday, October 30  3pm

St. John's in the Village

218  West 11th St., New York, NY, 10014

Reception in the courtyard to follow


Tickets Available online at: https://www.albaconsort.com/tickets

Tickets also at the door: Cash or check only


General Admission $30 

Students with ID $15


Sunday, SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

4pm

EARLY MUSIC AT ST. JAMES presents

ALBA CONSORT ~ “Dancing Over the Caucasus to the Sea", with Early music from Persia, Armenia, Cyprus, Salonika, France, Italia and Spain. 

Saint James Episcopal Church

119 N. Duke Street

Lancaster PA 17602

Adults: $25

Students & Children: $10

Pay by cash, check or credit card

Tickets available online and at the door.

www.saintjameslancaster.org/music-arts/early-music-at-saint-james/ 

September 18, 2022  Sunday @ 3pm

Post Murrow Foundation

16 Bay Rd. Brookhaven, NY 11719 

ALBA Consort presents: La Serenissima

ALBA Consort serenades with song and instrumental dances 

from the Maritime Republic of Venice (697-1797 AD): Sail Venice to Greece, 

to Cyprus, North Africa and beyond… 


This is an outdoor concert, rain or shine.

Limited seating is available, feel free to bring chairs and blankets.


Donations accepted - Suggested $40

August 27, 2022 Saturday 6pm

West 111th St. Block Association's 

Morningside Heights Summer Festival of Arts & Culture presents

ALBA CONSORT - Early Music from around the Mediterranean

Featuring ballads of Cyprus, Ladino songs and selections from Cancionero de Uppsala, published in Venice (1556)

Amsterdam Avenue between 110 & 111th Sts. 

FREE!

Come out as the evening cools for hot sounds of early Spain, France, Cyprus, Greece and Italy!

July 17, 2022 5pm

ALBA CONSORT's LA SERENISSIMA

Music from the Maritime Republic of Venice 

In the Maritime Village of Greenport

ALBA Consort serenades with song and instrumental dances 

from the Republic of Venice (697-1797 AD): Sail Venice to Greece, 

to Cyprus, North Africa and beyond… 


Church of the Holy Trinity, 768 Main Street, Greenport

All Welcome! 

15th Century Venetian Flag

2021/2022 Season

A CROWN OF STARS!

Long Island Baroque Ensemble presents ALBA Consort 

for the annual LIBE Holiday Program

Early  Music celebrating the Solstice, Christmas, Chanukah, Yalda, and Holiday Cheer!


Sunday, January 9, 2022 @ 3pm

Suffern United Methodist Church

18 Parkside Dr, Suffern, NY 10901


Sunday, December 5th, 2021 @3pm 

Christ Church

61 East Main St. Oyster Bay NY 11771

(please provide proof of vaccination at this venue)


Sunday, December 12 @3pm

Bellport United Methodist Church

185 South Country Rd, Bellport NY 11713


Saturday, December 18 @5pm

The Church of the Holy Trinity

768 Main Street, Greenport NY, 11944

Caroling and Banquet following Greenport concert!

(RSVP for this venue as space is limited: karena@krfilms.com)


Suggested donation: $30


Sunday, October 3 @4pm

Holy Trinity and the Long Island Baroque Ensemble present:

ALBA Consort: Over the Mountains to the Sea!

 Early Music from the Caucasus Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, from Persia to Iberia

  ALL WELCOME! Suggested Donation: $25

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 768 Main St. Greenport NY 11944


ALBA Consort @ ALDO'S!

Over the Mountains to the Sea: Early Music of From The Caucasus to the Atlantic

Enjoy music, wine, repast and views of 

Outdoor Seating is limited, please rsvp: info@albaconsort.org

ALDO's Resaturant and Cafe Garden, 4pm

Front Street Greenport NY  11944


GEMS’ Midtown Concerts presents 

ALBA Consort 

Thursday, March 18, 2021 @ 1:15pm 

Dancing over the Caucasus to the Sea...

Watch here, or on YouTube or Facebook

A journey of Medieval and Renaissance songs and dances from Persia, over the Caucasus Mountains to Armenia and the Mediterranean, seaward to Cyprus, Greece, Italy, France, North Africa, then through Iberia, dancing to the rhythms of the Atlantic.


Margo Andrea, mezzo-soprano, vielle     Carlo Valte, oud

Jason Priset, lute, guitar                         Rex Benincasa, percussion, psaltery, voice

ALBA Consort specializes in early music of the Mediterranean with oud, lute, vielle, voice and percussion and has performed with New York Philharmonic’s New World Initiative; at University of Chicago Presents; University of California’s Oriental Institute; Early Music Now, Milwaukee; Academy of Early Music, Michigan; the Long Island Baroque Ensemble and for GEMS Midtown Concerts.  www.albaconsort.com

1:15 – 2:00 pm

All concerts are free; no tickets or reservations are necessary.

This concert will be live streamed on GEMS website, and on YouTube and Facebook, followed by an intimate chat on Zoom.

Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/94474265453

Meeting ID: 944 7426 5453

2020 Season

Due to Covid 19, previously scheduled performances are canceled or postponed. 

Please continue to check our site for updates.  Stay well!


2019 Season

Saturday, December 7, 2019 @5pm

Trinity Episcopal Church

44 E Market St, Bethlehem, PA 18018

ALBA Consort performs YULETIDE REVELS as part of Moravian College Undergraduate Conference in Medieval and Early Modern Studies

assets.moravian.edu/static/medieval/


Saturday, October 5, 2019 @7:30pm &

Sunday, October 6, 2019 3pm

LONG ISLAND BAROQUE ENSEMBLE's 50th Anniversary Concert Series PRESENTS:

Saturday, Saint Andrew's Lutheran Church:30 Brooksite Dr, Smithtown, NY 111787

Sunday, Christ Church: 61 East Main St. Oyster Bay, NY 11771

Tickets: $30 General Admission in advance, $35 at the door, $30 Seniors, $15 Students, Children Free

Purchase tickets: www.libaroque.org


Sunday, September 15, 2019 2pm

MUSIC OF THE MEDITERRANEAN

Mattituck Laurel Library

13900 Main Rd, Mattituck, NY 11952

Free and open to the public


July 8-16, 2019

AVALOCH FARM MUSIC INSTITUTE residency


Sunday, February 24, 2019 @4:00 pm 

Bayard Cutting Arboretum

440 Montauk Hwy, Great River, NY 11739

Sponsored by the Islip Arts Council

Free and open to the public


Thursday, January 24, 2019  1:15pm

Midtown Concert Series

ALBA CONSORT: Renaissance Reborn

Chapel of St. Bartholomew’s Church, 

325 Park Avenue at East 50thStreet, New York, NY 

Free and open to the public

With special guest Daniel Swenberg- Lute



2018 Season 

Sunday, October 14, 2018 @4pm

ALBA Consort and Friends: From the Ancient to the Modern

Early Music of the Mediterranean

And the premiere of “The Last Word” by poet Alex Skovron and composer Leonard Lehrman

Trinity Episcopal Church

1579 Northern Blvd # A, Roslyn, NY 11576

Tickets at the door: $20

$10 Students with ID, Seniors, Parishioners

Reservations: (516) 621-7925  or info@albaconsort.com

Margo Andrea  Mezzo-Soprano, Vielle, Violin    Carlo Valte Oud

Rex Benincasa Percussion, Hurdy Gurdy, Psaltery, Voice

 and friends Omri Kochavi  Guitar, Helene Williams soprano,

Leonard Lehrman piano, and Pastor Jack Whritenour, organ

July 8-16 

ALBA is pleased to again partake in a residency at 

AVALOCH FARM MUSIC INSTITUTE

Boscowen, New Hampshire

Thursday, January 18, 2018  1:15pm

Midtown Concert Series

ALBA CONSORT: Treasure Laden

Chapel of St. Bartholomew’s Church, 

325 Park Avenue at East 50thStreet, New York, NY 

Free and open to the public

Saturday, February 3rd @7:30pm &

Sunday, February 4th @3pm

LONG ISLAND BAROQUE ENSEMBLE Presents

ALBA Consort~The Renaissance Reborn

Music of the Era including New Work by Leonard Lehrman

Saturday, February 3, 2018 @7:30pm Saint Andrew's Lutheran Church:30 Brooksite Dr, Smithtown, NY 111787

www.libaroque.org

ALBA CONSORT - The Renaissance Reborn

French, Spanish, Italian, Sephardic and Arabic Renaissance Music 

with Compositions by Leonard Lehrman for ALBA's unique instrumentation.

February 25, 2018 @2pm

East Meadow Public Library

1886 Front St.

East Meadow New York, 11554

Sunday, April 15  @4pm

2nd Annual Long Island Early Music Festival

Cathedral of the Incarnation

36 Cathedral Drive, Garden City NY  1530

$20 suggested donation

Saturday April 21 @2pm

Flushing Library

41-17 Main Street

Flushing, NY 11355

Free and open to the public

2017 Season 

This season, the New York Philharmonic, in celebration of its 175th Anniversary, has invited ALBA Consort to participate in its “New World Initiative” and explore interpretations of Antonin Dvorak’s Symphony no. 9, “From the New World”.   In “Treasure Laden”, ALBA Consort weaves iconic themes from the New World Symphonywith  early Sephardic, Iberian, French, Italian, Cypriot, Armenian, and North African music - bridging the Ancient and Brave New World.

http://www.newworldinitiative.com/alba-consort/

June 19-29, 2017: Avaloch Farm Music Institute Residency

June 23, 2:15pm: Outreach Performance:

Havenwood/Heritage Heights, Concord, New Hampshire

Sunday, April 30th, 4pm “TREASURE LADEN”

Cathedral of the Incarnation

36 Cathedral Drive, Garden City NY 1530

Saturday, March 18, 2017 7pm

“TREASURE LADEN” ~

Melodic Gems of the Ancient and Brave New World

as part of the New York Philharmonic’s “New World Initiative”

Marc Scorca Hall, OPERA AMERICA'sNational Opera Center

330 7th Ave. 8th fl. NY NY 10001  @29th St.

Please continue to check our site for concerts, 2017 

PREVIOUS 2017 PERFORMANCES

Saturday, January 28 & Sunday, January 29, 2017

Long Island Baroque Ensemble Presents:  ALBA Consort

TREASURE LADEN - Melodic Gems of the Ancient and the Brave New World

http://www.newworldinitiative.com/alba-consort/

ALBA is honored to participate in the New York Philharmonic's 

New World Initiative in celebration of their 175th year Anniversary.

TREASURE LADEN features Early Music of the Mediterranean and embroidered themes 

of Dvorak's Symphony no. 9 For the New World.

Saturday, January 28, 7:30pm

Saint Andrew's Lutheran Church

30 Brooksite Drive, Smithtown, NY 111787

Sunday, January 29, 3pm

Christ Church 

61 East Main St., Oyster Bay, NY  11771

$30/$20 "in your twenties"/$15 students/Children Free

Tickets available on line: www.libaroque.org and at the door.

For more information/group reservations: 212-222-5795

2016 PERFORMANCES

Sunday, November 13, 2016 @3pm

TREASURE LADEN - Melodic Gems of the Ancient and the Brave New World

 ALBA is honored to participate in the New York Philharmonic's 

New World Initiative in celebration of their 175th year Anniversary.

TREASURE LADEN features Early Music of the Mediterranean and embroidered themes 

of Dvorak's Symphony no. 9 For the New World. 

November 13 3pm

Saint Ignatius of Antioch Church 

552 West End Ave. @87th St., New York, NY 10024

Tickets:  $25/$15 students available at the door.

Email info@albaconsort.com or phone (917) 406-3194 for more information.

Wednesday, August 31, 2016 @ 8pm

Salon Duet Concert with Wine and Cheese

The Bharathan Home

Margo Gezairlian Grib - voice & Christopher Morrongiello - Vihuela, Lute, Baroque Guitar

636 2nd Street, Greenport NY  11944

Space is extremely limited, please rsvp by Friday, August 26th: info@albaconsort.com

Donations are tax deductible and will fund the first Long Island Baroque Ensemble Summer Festival in Greenport, 2017

Checks can be made out to Long Island Baroque Ensemble, Inc.

Wont you be our Valentine? Sunday, February 14, 2016 @3pm

Monday, January 11, 6pm

Dances and Romances of  Early Spain and France

Flushing Library

41-17 Main Street

Flushing, NY 11355

Free and open to the public

Saturday, January 30 @ 8pm and Sunday, January 31 @3pm

Long Island Baroque Ensemble presents: ALBA Consort

Over the Pyrenees:  Dances and Romances of  Early Spain and France 

with special guest singer and dancers

www.libaroque.org

Saturday, January 30, 8:00pm

Saint Andrew's Lutheran Church

30 Brooksite Drive, Smithtown, NY 111787

Sunday, January 31, 3pm

Christ Church 

61 East Main St., Oyster Bay, NY  11771

Tickets:  $30/$25 seniors/$20 "in your twenties"/$15 students

2015 Season  

                                                                             

Friday and Saturday,  January 10 and 11, 2015

THE LONG ISLAND BAROQUE ENSEMBLE presents ALBA Consort:

EARTHLY LOVE, DIVINE LOVE

Saturday, January 10, 2015 8:00pm

Saint Andrew's Lutheran Church

30 Brooksite Drive, Smithtown, NY 111787

Sunday, January 11, 2015 3pm

Christ Church 

61 East Main St., Oyster Bay, NY  11771

$25/$20 seniors/$10 students

www.longislandbaroqueensemble.com

 

Friday, JANUARY 30, 2015   7:30pm

Howard Mayer Brown International Early Music Series

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESENTS

Earthly Love, Divine Love

Performance Hall, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts

5720 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637

$35 / $5 students

(773) 702-8068

https://chicagopresents.uchicago.edu/media/artists/alba-consort-0

Saturday, JANUARY 31, 2015 2:00–4:00 p.m.

A Musical Workshop Featuring Mediterranean Modes and Rhythms

THE ORIENTAL INSTITUTE

1155 E 58th Street | Chicago, IL 60637 US

Registration Required

Free

Join ALBA Consort for a workshop exploring melodic and rhythmic modes of early Arabic music. The workshop takes patrons on a journey through Old Cairo to experience melodies, textures, rhythms, and poetry of this ancient world. ALBA Consort specializes in early Mediterranean music, which bridges the ancient and the new. 

Presented in conjunction with the exhibit A Cosmopolitan City: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Old Cairo, openingFebruary 17.

 Thursday, March 5, 2015, 1:15pm

MIDTOWN CONCERTS  

Chapel of St. Bartholomew’s Church

325 Park Avenue at East 51st Street, New York, NY

Free and open to the public

Dances and Romances, Early Music of Spain and France

Saturday, September 19, 2015  7pm

ALDO'S

Front Street Greenport, 11944

$60 includes Aldo's fine fare and wine

2014 Season

Sunday, September 14, 2014   2pm

Long Beach Public Library

111 W Park Ave, Long Beach, NY 11561

(516) 432-7200

Sunday, October 12, 2014  3:30pm

Music at Saint Alban's

Journey the Ancient Seas

76 St Albans Pl, Staten Island, NY

http://musicatsaintalbans.org/comingup.htm

(718) 984-6060

Jury Selected:  CHAMBER MUSIC AMERICA SHOWCASE

@ CMA CONFERENCE

Saturday, January 18, 2014 3pm

Weston Hotel at Times Square, Majectic Ballroom 5th Fl.                    

270 West 43rd St. @ 8th Ave. New York, NY

Monday, January 27, 2014  6:30pm                                        

QUEENS LIBRARY AT FLUSHING

41-17 Main St

2013 Season

Sunday, October 6,  4pm

BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY 

Central Library, Dweck Center

10 Grand Army Plaza

Brooklyn, NY 11238

718-230-2100

Free and Open to the Public

Sunday, September 22, 3pm

OUR LADY QUEEN OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY CATHEDRAL  

2535 Collingwood Blvd.  Toledo, OH 43610

Friday and Saturday, SEPTEMBER 20 & 21

ACADEMY OF EARLY MUSIC       

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Sanctuary  September 20, 8pm

306 North Division Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Christ Church Cranbrook  September 21 8pm

470 Church Road, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

http://www.academyofearlymusic.org/concerts.htm

Sunday, September 15, 4pm

BARGEMUSIC

Fulton Ferry Landing, Brooklyn, NY 11201

                        718.624.4924 info@bargemusic.org

Saturday, July 27, 6:30pm

"ALBA CONSORT" on CUNY-TV

http://www.cuny.tv/show/brooklyncollegepresents/PR2001404

CUNY TV is located with WNYE's NYC life (Ch 25.1) and NYC gov (25.2) as a result of the merging of technical operations between the two stations.  Current cable subscribers will continue to receive CUNY TV in the five boroughs of New York City on Ch. 75 (Time Warner and Cablevision/Optimum), Ch. 77 (RCN) and Ch. 30 (Verizon). And you can watch CUNY TV shows on demand any time at www.cuny.tv.

SOHO DOJO CULTURAL CENTER  Saturday, April 27, 2013, 7pm

307 East 92nd Street (just east of 2nd Ave.) 2nd Floor NYC 10128

Tickets sold at the door:  $20 general admission, $15 seniors and students, children under age 15 free

Reservations: aikidonyc@gmail.com or phone 646.509.9212

(a note about this space:  shoes are removed upon entry and placed on storage shelves)

MIDTOWN CONCERTS  Thursday, March 7, 2013, 1:15pm 

St. Peter's Church

619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street New York, NY

 Thursdays at 1:15 pm.

 Concerts last approximately 35 minutes.

www.midtownconcerts.org/

BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY Sunday, February 3, 2013, 4pm

Central Library, Dweck Center

10 Grand Army Plaza

Brooklyn, NY 11238

718-230-2100

Free and Open to the Public over 6 yrs of age

EAST MEADOW PUBLIC LIBRARY

Sunday, December 23,

APAP Showcase Saturday, January 12, 2013, 7pm

5th Avenue Presbyterian Church @ 55th St.

http://www.gemsny.org/apapshowcase2013.html

Flushing, New York

(718) 661-1200 

2012 Season

Early music now November 17th 5 pm., Wisconsin Lutheran College, Journey the Ancient Seas.

Bargemusic Aug. 4 2012 8 pm, a floating barge at the foot of the Brooklyn bridge.

Taping at Brooklyn College for CUNY-TV arts series March 22, 2012.

APAP Showcase, Saturday 7th January 2012 at 8 pm.GEMS Showcase Concert for the Annual National Conference of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters.

Andalusia: A musical documentary of the Al Ham-bra to the Arab Spring To be filmed and recorded on location in Spain, 2012 or 2013 Paul Rafferty, Film maker; Mamoun Hassan, Director

2010 Season

Long Island Baroque Ensemble with members of ALBA as guests artists

Season program: Looking East, Looking West

Christ Church, Oyster Bay, NY & St. Andrew’s Church, Smithtown,NY

Courtly Love - 14th c. Ballads of Cyprus and Songs of Guillaume DuFay

ALBA Consort with guests Rachel Begley, John Mark Roosendaal and Louise Schulman

The Church of the Heavenly Rest, 90th @ 5th Ave., NYC

2011Season                   

The Greene Space New York City WQXR GEMS Live! presents 2nd October 2011

Sunnyside Reform Church, Sunnyside NY November 17th 8 pm.

Greene space NYC October 2nd 4:30 pm

Church of the Heavenly Rest - Music and Arts Series

Town of Southold Concerts

 2009 Season

Voyage across the Mediterranean - Medieval Music From Galicia to Armenia

The Church of the Heavenly Rest, 90th @ 5th Ave., NYC

In Harmony - Secular Music of Christians, Muslims and Jews in Medieval Spain

Cutchogue Presbyterian Church with North Fork Reform Synagogue, Cutchogue, NY

Fons Musica - Troubadour Melodies of Medieval France, Italy and Spain

Floyd Memorial Library, Greenport, NY

Voyage across the Mediterranean - Medieval Music From Galicia to Armenia

Amagansett Free Library, Amagansett, NY