Barry S. Brook Center for Music Research and Documentation project Music in Gotham: The New York Scene 1862–1875 co-hosts a groundbreaking event alongside it’s neighbor the Music Department at the CUNY Graduate Center, and the New York Philharmonic, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts’ Music and Recorded Sound Division and the Neely Bruce Music Foundation.

With support from the Society for American Music (SAM)

The kickoff event for the exploration of our country’s rich musical heritage will be Forging an American Musical Identity in the Long Nineteenth Century, a diverse and exciting multidisciplinary conference in New York City (28–30 January 2026). It will culminate with a concert at Carnegie Hall by the American Symphony Orchestra (Leon Botstein, conducting), including the modern premiere of George Frederick Bristow’s Symphony No. 5. Niagara. For more information, the conference program, and registration information, follow the links below.

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