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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: Special Projects
Princeton University: Dance Workshop
The Society for Seventeenth-Century Music 32nd Annual Conference was held at Princeton University from April 4-7, 2024 . Practitioner of Musick John Burkhalter (holding descant recorder and retired from the University Concert Office ) along with harpsichordist Kerry Heimann (far right … Continue reading
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The Practitioners of Musick and the American Friends of Lafayette.
The Practitioners of Musick announce a collaborative involvement with both National and New Jersey State Committee’s charged with supporting in myriad educational endeavors, especially for children in the classroom , the American Friends of Lafayette celebrations that are attendant in … Continue reading
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Music for the Washington Family
“Nothing is more agreeable and ornamental than good music” – George Washington [June 4, 1777]. On December 8th, 2022 The Practitioners of Musick appeared in a special private performance for the annual George Washington Council dinner at The Museum of the American Revolution … Continue reading
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Gainsborough and His Circle of Musical Friends
On the weekend of October 14-16, 2022 for Brandywine Baroque under the direction of Karen Flint of Wilmington, Delaware, John Burkhalter, Practitioner of Musick and Independent Scholar, presented the illustrated lecture “Gainsborough and His Circle of Musical Friends.” Gainsborough’s varied musical interests are … Continue reading
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Practitioners provide period music for “Ten Crucial Days” smartphone app.
Crossroads of the American Revolution – Self Guided Tour More battles and skirmishes took place in New Jersey during the American Revolution than any place else in the 13 original states. Accordingly, Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage area was … Continue reading
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Practitioners of Musick featured in Boston Early Music Festival “Fringe Concert” Series
This program was featured on June 17, 2021 as part of the Boston Early Music Festival Fringe Concert series. In America throughout the 18th century amateur music making was an accomplishment through which good manners, taste, and politeness could be displayed … 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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Britannia’s Invitation
Britannia’s Invitation Oft has it been said that British music experienced a decline at the outset of the eighteenth century. It was precisely for the rejection of this notion that two private collectors in America set about gathering together a … Continue reading
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Rockingham – Kingston, New Jersey
Rockingham, also know as the Berrien Mansion, served as headquarters in 1783 for General George Washington as he wrote his farewell address to the Continental Armies. The General and Mrs. Washington lived at Rockingham while the Continental Congress met in … Continue reading
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Fenton House
Since 1952, Fenton House in Hampstead, London has been home to one of the most important collections of early keyboard instruments in Europe. Cared for by the National Trust of Great Britain, the collection was assembled during the early decades … Continue reading
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