Early Music Access Project’s new virtual series, Expanding the Narrative, aims to center Black music and musicians in the story of early America. EMAP Artistic Director David McCormick is joined by countertenors Reggie Mobley and Patrick Dailey and baritone James Dargan for a roundtable discussion on approaching slave songs and spirituals from a historical performance perspective. Exciting connections are made between Charlottesville’s musical past and major national trendsetters like the Fisk Jubilee Singers. All four artists offer musical selections from their respective locations. Click below to watch both this episode and the follow-up discussion sponsored by Early Music America.
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Some of the east coast’s finest performer-scholars of early American music join Early Music Access Project Artistic Director David McCormick to amplify stories of Black musicians as they relate to some of the most iconic historic spaces in Virginia. Gambist Brady Lanier and historical clarinetist Dominic Giardino offer a glimpse into the multicultural worlds of martial and domestic music-making in the era of the American Revolution, while horn player Katy Ambrose weaves a fascinating tale of enslaved horn players, including one you might have missed in an iconic painting of George Washington. Gambist Loren Ludwig and violinist David McCormick detail their findings during their time as 2020 Fellows of the International Center for Jefferson Studies.
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