Gotham Early Music Scene's Online Auction Fundraiser is LIVE!

Gotham Early Music Scene (GEMS) is a non-profit cultural organization in the business of supporting and promoting “early music” -- the sacred and secular music composed during the roughly 1,000 years spanning the medieval, Renaissance, baroque, and early classical periods.  As the antecedent and foundation of nearly all music today—including both classical and pop-- it is accessible, diverse, and timeless. Providing immediate and emotional connection to the full range of human experience, it has engaged audiences and inspired musicians for centuries.

GEMS has scheduled a fundraising event for this fall and our Online Auction Fundraiser is Up and Running until September 19!

* A Limited Number of Tickets will be Available at the Door, Sunday 9/20

* Click "Register to Bid" in the top Search bar to begin bidding

* Online Bidding Ends at 6 PM, Saturday 9/19! 

Below contains more information about who we are:

Deemed “essential” by The New York Times, GEMS has been serving our community for over seven years. Here are a few highlights:

• We provide professional services, allowing early music performers to focus on their music, confident that the administration of concert details will be professionally handled at minimum cost

• We are a producer in our own right – our annual performance of the medieval music drama The Play of Daniel at historic Trinity Wall Street Church has become a tradition in New York’s cultural life.  We also produce 34 free concerts weekly through three seasons of the year through our Midtown Concerts series at St. Bart’s Chapel in Manhattan.

• We provide support to over 600 NYC public school students through our early education music program S'Cool Sounds

The auction proceeds will go to support the long-term viability of GEMS, which after seven successful years of operation, needs to establish a more permanent financial footing to continue supporting artists in the early music field.

We will be holding a special, exciting late afternoon and evening event on Sunday September 20 as a benefit for GEMS, and as a way of honoring Judith Davidoff (pictured above), New York early music pioneer, teacher, and viola da gamba virtuoso. The event will include a symposium, a concert, and a reception including the silent auction. 

Starting on September 10, 2015, GEMS will be auctioning off a number of fun and unique items to bid on to raise money for our organization beginning in this unique online format, concluding online on September 19, finishing the evening of September 20 at our live event.

Happy Bidding!

Below is a list of our generous donors from the GEMS Online Auction Catalogue:

Abendmusik
Adriana Rizzo, Met Museum of Art
Anne Lowenthal 
Anna Brooks, Arbonne International
Professor Barbara R. Hanning
Dan Rindler 
Deanne Hunstein
Café du Soleil
Elinor Felcher
Esther Kaftol Ceramics
Gabe McMackin and Matilda Giampietro
Harry Saltzman
Henry Chapin and Betsy Blachly Chapin
Jacki Easlick Designer Jewelry
Jackie Algon
Jackie Algon & Carl Andersen
Jacqueline Karadjian, The Basket Queen
Jesse Blumberg, Five Boroughs Music Festival
Judith Davidoff
Kristina Driskill
Lisa Terry
Louise Basbas, Music Before 1800
Maria Friedman, ACSW, LCSW-R
Mary Springfels, on behalf of The Lucy Cross Music Library
Melanne Mueller, AVIE Records
Michael Terry, MTP Advisors
Nancy DeVore, The Bronx Zoo
Nicole Sascha, From the Page to the Stage
OtterBox
Paname Restaurant
Parthenia Viol Consort
Paul Ross and Faina Riftina
Raquelle Azran, Vietnamese Contemporary Fine Art 
Sig Rosen, The Renaissance Chorus Association, Inc. 
Tatiana Daubek Photography
The New York Classical Quartet
The Sebastians
Yoram Gelman Photography
Whole Foods Market