"LAFAYETTE'S FIDDLERS"

Amherst Glebe Arts Response in Collaboration with

Early Music Access Project Charlottesville and

University of Lynchburg Music Department present

The World Premiere of

EARLY MUSIC ACCESS PROJECT’S

“LAFAYETTE'S FIDDLERS”

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2024 from 3 pm to 5 pm
in Sydnor Performance Hall

University of Lynchburg, Schewel Hall,
Lynchburg, VA

University of Lynchburg affiliated students, faculty and staff - FREE

Non-UL affiliated: Adults $20, Other Students $10

WIC mother and families FREE with WIC Card on VCA and VDH passport program

In November 1824, the Marquis de Lafayette visited his dear friend Thomas Jefferson in Charlottesville, VA. His visit was heralded with great fanfare, including a grand banquet at the Rotunda on the grounds of the University of Virginia. The Scott family fiddlers, of Black and Indigenous heritage, provided the musical entertainment for this event.
Early Music Access Project will commemorate the 200th anniversary of Lafayette’s visit to Charlottesville and Monticello with the premiere of a new concert, “Lafayette’s Fiddlers” at Sydnor Performance Hall of University of Lynchburg at 3 pm on Saturday, November 9, 2024. The program will be repeated by EMAP twice on Sunday at the UVA Rotunda.

Based on his research as a fellow of the International Center for Jefferson Studies, EMAP artistic director David McCormick has curated a program that includes music that may have been played for the occasion and French songs that Lafayette and Jefferson admired. Actor Brandon Lee will portray three Black historical figures who left written accounts of Lafayette’s visit.
The event features:

Dominic Giardino, historical clarinets
Benjamin Hunter, baroque fiddle, voice, banjo, and percussion
Carmen Johnson-Pájaro, baroque fiddle
Brandon Lee, actor and percussion
David McCormick, artistic director and baroque fiddle
Rebecca Scout Nelson, baroque fiddle, guitar, and voice
Sam Suggs, baroque double bass

Benjamin Hunter, Carmen Johnson-Pajaro and David McCormick are all nationally and internationally known baroque violinists. Rebecca Scout Nelson has made a name for herself as a baroque fiddler but also as a recording vocalist and guitarist.

Dominic Giardino is an active freelance historical musician and historical interpreter at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. In addition to being Artistic Director of Early Music Access Project of Charlottesville, Mr. McCormick is also Executive Director of Early Music America.

The University of Lynchburg concert will be followed by a short meet-and-greet between the performers and the audience.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Sydnor Performance Hall (in Schewel Hall), University of Lynchburg, Lynchburg, United States