Smithsonian Chamber Players

Summary

Smithsonian Chamber Players take a break from a practice session. In the back row, from left, are Dennis Godburn, Lowell Green, Michael Willens, Linda Quan, Laurence McDonald and Marily McDonald. Melissa Graybeal and Ken Slowik perch closer to the group's instrumental still-life. By matching authentic period instruments with skilled performers, the Smithsonian concert series, presented by the National Museum of American History's Division of Musical History, treat the audience the opportunity to experience 17th-, 18th- and 19th-century composers' original intentions.

Subject

• Slowik, Kenneth
• National Museum of American History (U.S.) Division of Musical History
• National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)
• National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
• Smithsonian Chamber Players

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in Torch, October 1990

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Accession 98-015 Box 2 Folder October 1990

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1990

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• McDonald, Laurence
• Musical instruments
• Willens, Michael
• Quan, Linda
• Godburn, Dennis
• Green, Lowell
• Music
• Graybeal, Melissa
• McDonald, Marily
• Musicology

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Group, candid

ID Number

86-13881-26

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print

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