On Wednesday, December 4th 2019 John Burkhalter of the Practitioners of Musick in association with the Museum of the American Revolution exhibition presented an illustrated lecture focusing attention on the rich array of theatre and musical activity in Dublin during the the time of Richard St. George, an Irish artist and officer in the BritishArmy. His dramatic story was the focus of the Museum’s first international loan exhibition “The Cost of Revolution” charting the dramatic story of St. George whose life was entangled in the histories of the American Revolution of 1776 and the Irish Revolution of 1798.
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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