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Palladio's Venice and an Evening of
Italian Renaissance Music for Strings

Cole Auditorium, Greenwich Library
101 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT
Saturday, January 26, 2008, 7:30 – 9:30 PM

Dr. Tracy E. Cooper, guest lecturer, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, and author of "Palladio's Venice" (Yale University Press, New Haven, 2005), will speak on "Palladio's Achievements in Venice: Patronage, Patriarchs, and Politics. " Making their Greenwich, CT début, the renowned Early Music New York, Dr. Frederick Renz, Director and Founder of the Early Music Foundation, will perform Music of Venice, 16th century Italian Renaissance music from the Venetian School of composers on period instruments. Catered reception and book-signing to conclude the evening.