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November 9, 2024 @ 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm – Composer William Byrd was a covert Catholic facing brutal persecution during the Counter-Reformation in the 16th century. Hear Byrd’s Mass for Five Voices as he intended: sung for worship in strictest secrecy. Early music phenoms The Gesualdo Six make their MB1800 debut from Britain in this landmark performance that continues to tour the world. Don’t […]

November 9, 2024 @ 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm – Composer William Byrd was a covert Catholic facing brutal persecution during the Counter-Reformation in the 16th century. Hear Byrd’s Mass for Five Voices as he intended: sung for worship in strictest secrecy. Early music phenoms The Gesualdo Six make their MB1800 debut from Britain in this landmark performance that continues to tour the world. Don’t […]

November 10, 2024 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – THE BACKGROUND In November 1824, the Marquis de Lafayette visited his dear friend Thomas Jefferson in Charlottesville. 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. […]

November 10, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – THE BACKGROUND  In November 1824, the Marquis de Lafayette visited his dear friend Thomas Jefferson in Charlottesville. 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.THE […]

November 10, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – DISCOVER MONTRÉAL’S HIDDEN MEDIEVAL TREASURES! Musical notation was first elaborated in Europe during the early Middle Ages. It continued to develop throughout the period to reflect the increasingly sophisticated musical tastes and skills of medieval musicians, composers, and scribes. Their legacy to the modern world is both a universal method of notating music and an […]