Virtual Season Launch Event
Saturday, October 17 at 7:30pm Early Music Access Project launched our season with a special Zoom event for donors at the $250 level and above. Artistic Director David McCormick gave guests a preview of the upcoming season, answered questions, and played a few tunes on baroque violin and viele. |
Les Délices presents SalonEra:
Folk Influences Monday, November 16 at 7:30pm Three violinists – Gail Hernández Rosa, Edwin Huizinga, and David McCormick – keep one foot firmly in the Baroque world and the other just outside. In this episode of SalonEra, they share recent work spanning Celtic tunes, traditional music from Spain, and research focused on Black musicians at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. Excerpts from this broadcast now available on The Jefferson Project page. |
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.
View this episode and the follow-up conversation sponsored by Early Music America on our Expanding the Narrative page. |
Class: Baroque Bowing for String Players
Sunday, December 13, 4-5pm In the spirit of the holidays, Early Music Access Project offered a special take on baroque Christmas music for the second in a series of three “virtual” Community Baroque Gatherings. This class, designed just for string players, used classic baroque-era Christmas carols as a vehicle for learning about baroque bowings. Violinist David McCormick lead this class. |
In Fortune's Hands: Music of Troubadours Past and Present
Sunday, January 24 at 4pm This virtual concert, co-presented by Amherst Glebe Arts Response, featured David McCormick on baroque violin and viele and Brian Kay on lyre, lute, oud, and percussion. They performed a wide array of ancient songs, including the oldest song ever found with both its text and musical notation, The Epitaph of Seikolos, carved into a first or second-century tombstone. |
Class: Baroque Dance for Musicians
Sunday, February 21, 4-5pm Our virtual Community Baroque Gathering series concludes with a fun, interactive hour for singers and instrumentalists of all ages and ability levels. From your own living rooms, learn baroque dance steps from Case Western Reserve University lecturer Elena Mullins. She’ll be joined by violinist David McCormick to illustrate how dance can influence the choices we make in playing baroque music. Registration is capped at 24 participants to allow for some individualized instruction. If there is enough interest, a second section of this class may be added at 2pm. Registration fee: $10 *tickets previously purchased on Brown Paper Tickets will be honored.
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Saturday, April 10 at 2pm & 4pm (Rain date: April 11)
Saturday, April 17 at 2pm & 4pm (Rain date: April 18) Additional dates may be added as needed At last, after months of waiting, Early Music Access Project offers a unique in-person experience! Based on his research as a 2020 Fellow of the International Center for Jefferson Studies, David McCormick leads a tour of downtown Charlottesville that illuminates the lives of the Scott and Hemings family fiddlers with stops at the Maplewood Cemetery, the one-time sites of the Scott and Hemings family homes on Main Street, and a few other important landmarks like the Levy Opera House. McCormick caps off each tour with a short outdoor performance. In the event of cancelation due to inclement weather, participants may attend the rain date for their tour. Ticketing will be available soon! |