About this Event
Sonnambula opens their 2026–2027 season with the premiere of previously lost work by Baroque composer Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre at St. Paul’s Chapel on November 19. The program also features works by Jacquet de La Guerre’s contemporaries Marin Marais, François Couperin, and Michel Richard Delalande, as well as a world premiere by Stephen Anthony Weinfield.
Preceding the concert, the panel discussion at the Maison Française will highlight the significance of this discovery for music and feminist history. The panel brings together Sonnambula’s Artistic Director Elizabeth Weinfield and Morgan Library Curator of Music Manuscripts and Printed Music Robinson McClellan, alongside leading scholars Susan Boynton of Columbia University, Anne Higonnet of Barnard College, and Rebecca Cypess of Yeshiva University.
This project is supported by a 2026 Chamber Music America Award, with additional support from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and the New York State Council on the Arts. The concert is co-sponsored by the Maison Française, Columbia College, and the Center for the Core Curriculum.
Event Details & Important Information
This event is free and open to the public, but please note that registration does not guarantee a seat. We intentionally overbook our events, and seating is first come, first served. We recommend arriving early.
Important: Campus Access Requirements
Columbia’s campus is currently open only to Columbia-affiliated guests (with a valid CUID).
If you do not have a Columbia ID, you will need a QR code to enter campus.
Columbia Public Safety will only issue one QR code per email address. If two or more names are registered on eventbrite using the same e-mail address, only one of them will receive a unique QR code. Please use a different personal e-mail address for each guest.
To receive a QR code:
- You must register on Eventbrite at least 48 hours in advance
- We will submit your name and email to Public Safety
- You will receive an email from [email protected] with your unique QR code
Please check your spam/junk folder if you don’t see the email, and bring a valid photo ID with you to present at campus entry points.
Event venue & nearby stays
Maison Française, 515 West 116th Street, New York, United States
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