Upcoming Events
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Sun12Apr20263:30 pmPrinceton University Library - Cotsen Collection
“Founding Children and Music”
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Sat25Apr2026Old City Hall - Bordentown, NJ
“Music and Francis Hopkinson”
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Wed29Apr2026Morven Museum and Gardens Princeton, NJ
“The Ingenious Mr. Hopkinson”
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Sun17May202612:00 pmHistoric Walnford, Allentown, NJ
“Music a Delightful Recreation”
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Fri26Jun20267:00 pmOld Barracks, Trenton NJ
Gala Benefit
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Sat04Jul202612:00 pmMorven Museum and Gardens Princeton, NJ
House Musick
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Highlights
- Jane Austen – Princeton Public Library
- Scots Musical Celebration of Wallace House’s 250th
- Practitioners of Musick – a “Proud Partner” of RevolutionNJ!
- A Concert of Musick at the Rockingham Historic Site
- The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route
- The Practitioners of Musick perform at historic Walnford
- Beyond the Fanlight: Music in Georgian Dublin
- “The Lord of the Manor” performed by Brandywine Baroque
- 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
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Category Archives: Featured Programs
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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