Harvest Festival – Morven Museum & Garden

On Saturday, October 28th 2023 The Practitioners of Musick participated in the “Harvest Festival” at historic Morven Museum & Garden in Princeton, New Jersey.  Morven [meaning “big hill” in Gaelic] is recognized as a National Historic Landmark. Many visitors were able to Fall back in time and celebrate the harvest with music and activities for the whole family at Morven rebuilt in 1758 and home to Richard Stockton (1730-1781) one of the five New Jersey Signers of the Declaration of Independence July 4th 1776.  The 2023 “Harvest Festival”, the first in the aftermath of the Covid -19 pandemic, also marked the first ever partnership with the Guild for Early Music of which the Practitioners of Musick ensemble is a founding member. Following the Practitioners performance audience members, including a number of children, were invited to try the harpsichord that was indeed for all a novel experience eagerly and enthusiastically received. One boy enthralled auditors with his playing of a Domenico Scarlatti sonata. He had never played a harpsichord before.