Midtown Concerts presents Dan McCarthy & Friends: In Love with the Viola

• Daniel McCarthy, tenor viola, viola d'amore, & alto viola
• Arnie Tanimoto, viola da gamba
• Marc Bellassai, harpsichord

Featuring Dan McCarthy's serenading on different types of "violas," perhaps unfamiliar to audiences and many performers!

About Midtown Concerts

https://www.gemsny.org/midtown-concerts

About Gotham Early Music Scene (GEMS)

https://gemsny.org/

About Daniel McCarthy, tenor viola, viola d'amore, & alto viola

Dan McCarthy's playing has been described as "virtuosic" by Seen and Heard International. He was a part of the first class of Baroque violists ever to be accepted into the historical performance program at The Juilliard School, where he was often featured in performances playing violin, viola d'amore, and viola da gamba.

About Arnie Tanimoto, viola da gamba

https://www.arnietanimoto.com/

About Marc Bellassai, harpsichord

Marc Bellassai has studied at the Oberlin Conservatory (BMus '85, Harpsichord), Indiana University (MMus '89 and Artist Diploma) and, as a Fulbright IIE scholar from 1994–6, at the Civica Scuola di Musica and Castello Sforzesco in Milan, Italy. His interests include early keyboard performance practice, basso continuo, organology, art history, theatre, and the music and literature of the Italian seicento/settecento. He performs with many period instrument ensembles including The Academy of Sacred Drama (New York City), Mountainside Baroque (Cumberland, Maryland), Capitol Early Music, and the Midtown Concerts series (New York City). He is also an art lecturer in various local museums with Wandering Docents LLC. He currently teaches harpsichord and art history, and directs the early music ensemble at Towson University.