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- Princeton University: Dance Workshop
- The Practitioners of Musick present “The Ingenious Mr. Hopkinson” at the Sussex County Main Library in Newton, New Jersey on Saturday April 13th 2024 from 2 to 4 pm
- The 1740 Abraham Staats House – A Dutch Musical Miscellany
- The Practitioners of Musick and the American Friends of Lafayette.
- Patriots Week Colonial Ball – Historic Masonic Temple, Trenton NJ
- Harvest Festival – Morven Museum & Garden
- Tavern Night – Old Barracks Museum
- “Striking Beauty” New Jersey Tall Case Clocks 1730-1830
- Beyond the Fanlight – Music in Georgian Dublin
- Music for the Washington Family
- “A Profound Love” of Musick – Queen’s College’s Queen Charlotte in Education and the Arts
- Gainsborough and His Circle of Musical Friends
- Practitioners provide period music for “Ten Crucial Days” smartphone app.
- Theatre & Musical Activity in Dublin During the Time of Richard St. George
- The Two Georges – Comparing George III of England and General & President George Washington
- Nothing More Agreeable
- Musick at Historic Walnford, New Jersey
- 2021 Princeton Festival set for June 2 – 20
- Practitioners of Musick featured in Boston Early Music Festival “Fringe Concert” Series
- Hogmanay presented by the Trent House Museum – Dec. 26 at 1:00 PM
- BRANDYWINE BAROQUE LECTURE AT FLINTWOODS – Wilmington, Delaware
- Old Barracks – Trenton, New Jersey
- Rockingham – Kingston, New Jersey
- Patriot’s Week Colonial Ball
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Category Archives: Featured Programs
BRANDYWINE BAROQUE LECTURE AT FLINTWOODS – Wilmington, Delaware
On Sunday November 1, 2020 at 3pm, John Burkhalter [of The Practitioners of Musick] presents for Brandywine Baroque a lecture entitled: “Catherine (Kitty) Clive ~ Her Look is Measure and Her Action Sound”. The virtual lecture highlights the extraordinary theatrical and musical career of … Continue reading
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The Practitioners of Musick present “Caledonia – A Scots Musical Entertainment” to honor the 300th Anniversary of the William Trent House 1719-2019
The Trent House Association presented The Practitioners of Musick in a performance honoring the Scottish heritage of William Trent and celebrating the 300th anniversary of the house he built at the Falls of the Delaware in 1719. The program, “Caledonia,” … Continue reading
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Channel Crossings – Featured at Little Church Around the Corner, NYC
On June 4th, 2019, The Practitioners of Musick were again invited to repeat their program of English and Dutch music entitled “Channel Crossings”. The keyboard/continuo parts were performed using a recently-acquired two-manual Sutherland harpsichord, as well as with the church’s … Continue reading
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CHANNEL CROSSINGS The Dutch / English Connection
The Practitioners of Musick created a special program entitled Channel Crossings: The Dutch/English Connection for presentation at the beautiful gothic chapel at Princeton University. It was exceeding appropriate that we were able to use this elegant chamber organ which was … Continue reading
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At Washington’s Crossing Historic Park
The Practitioners of Musick presented a program at Washington’s Crossing, PA, which featured period dance with the Germantown Colonial Assembly as well as vocals by Rebecca Mariman who sang political broadsides and theater songs.
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The Historic Cranbury Inn
On April 14th, 2018, a program was offered to the Francis Hopkinson Chapter of the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) at the famous Cranbury Inn. The program focused on musician and composer, Francis Hopkinson, who was very active politically as well as … Continue reading
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Musical Life in Colonial Philadelphia
October 13, 2017 – The Practitioners of Musick presented a program at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit in Harleysville, Pennsylvania, which focused on the musical life of 18th-century Philadelphia. In the image below, John Burkhalter and Donovan Klotzbeacher … Continue reading
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Sacred Harmony at Morven in Princeton, New Jersey
SACRED HARMONY was published in Philadelphia by Benjamin Carr in 1803. Much of the music from that collection was performed under the auspices of the Practitioners of Musick who have an original copy. In the photo above, girls from Princeton … Continue reading
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Handel-At-Home Presented
The Practitioners of Musick performed an All-Handel concert at a lovely, mid-18th century, rural home in Hopewell, NJ on May 19th, 2013. The audience consisted of members of the Bibliophiles Club of the Friends of the Princeton University Library.
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The E.S.U.
On January 20th, 2013, the Practitioners presented “The Musical World of Jane Austen” to the Princeton branch of the English-Speaking Union, which meets regularly at the Kirby Arts Center at the Lawrenceville School. The lecture and concert also included a … Continue reading
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