Kenneth Slowik is the 2025 recipient of the Howard Mayer Brown Award for lifetime achievement in the field of early music.

Since 1972, Kenneth Slowik has consistently sought to bring HIP values not only to m

Due to the government shutdown, THESE CONCERTS HAVE BEEN RESCHEDULED.

Twelve scholarship Academy Fellows join a distinguished faculty (Catherine Manson, Michael Gurevich, Anthony Martin, and Kenneth Slowik) in exploring Joseph Haydn's Opp. 76 and 77 quartets, offering the following public events:

The 47th season of the Smithsonian Chamber Music Society features musical masterpieces from the late 16th century to the cusp of the 21st, played on some of the world’s most highly prized musical instruments.

The Smithsonian Chamber Music Society celebrates Schubert and Beethoven on two successive mid-May weekends, using a variety of replica fortepianos by the finest contemporary makers of such instruments.

Renovation plans at the National Museum of American History include a renovation of the Hall of Musical Instruments that will restore the home of the Smithsonian Chamber Music Program.