Upcoming Events
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Sun27Apr20253:00 pm
English Speaking Union: "Musick in Georgian Dublin" [1750-1780]
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Sun18May202511:00 amWalnford NJ
Historic Walnford Day: Repertoire from Colonial and Early Federal Period in America
Sponsored by the Monmouth County Park System
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Highlights
- Pre-Concert Talks: “The Lord of the Manor”
- A PRACTITIONERS OF MUSICK PRESENCE – PATRIOTS WEEK 2024 COLONIAL BALL
- Music Lafayette Might Have Heard in Trenton
- A Reimagined 1774 Princeton Concert and Dance Assembly at Morven
- A 1774 Tavern Concert and Dance Assembly
- Lafayette the Nation’s Guest Soirée in Philadelphia
- Tavern Night at The Old Barracks Museum
- Edison NJ – Magnet School Presentation
- Manuscript – Pennsylvania ca. 1790-1810
- 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
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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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