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The World Premiere of EARLY MUSIC ACCESS PROJECT
“Lafayette’s Fiddlers”
3-5 pm Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024
PRESENTED AT:
Sydnor Performance Hall,University of Lynchburg Schewel Hall
PRESENTED BY:
AGAR in collaboration with Early Music Access Project Charlottesville, and the Lynchburg Arts Consortium of the University of Lynchburg.
Early Music Access Project is commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Marquis de Lafayette’s visit to Thomas Jefferson at Charlottesville, Monticello, and the University of Virginia in 1824. EMAP artistic director David McCormick has curated a program including music that may have been played for the occasion by the Scott family Fiddlers, of Black and Indigenous descent, and French songs that Lafayette and Jefferson admired.
PERFORMERS: Dominic Giardino, historical clarinets / Benjamin Hunter, baroque fiddle, voice, banjo, percussion / Carmen Johnson-Pájaro, baroque fiddle / Brandon Lee, actor, percussion / David McCormick, artistic director and baroque fiddle / Rebecca Scout Nelson, baroque fiddle, guitar, voice/Sam Suggs, baroque double bass
FOLLOWING THE PERFORMANCE:
There will be a short meet-and-greet between the performers and the audience.
TICKETS
University of Lynchburg (UL) affiliated students, faculty
and staff - FREE
$20 Non-UL affiliated ADULTS
$10 Non-UL affiliated STUDENTS
FREE VCA PASSPORT (Limited free VCA and VDH PASSPORT tickets are available to persons showing a WIC Card. For more information, click on this link: https://www.amherstglebeartsresponse.org/passport.html)
PURCHASE OPTIONS:
AT THE DOOR: Cash or checks only; doors open at 2:15 pm.
ONLINE: Reserve a ticket with credit card via Eventbrite, click on this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lafayettes-fiddlers-tickets-1045136911637?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Sydnor Performance Hall, Lynchburg, United States
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