THE EVENTS
CONCERT | Rock & Reel: Monticello’s Folk Traditions Friday, June 16 at 7:30pm Presented by Amherst Glebe Arts Response Court Street Baptist Church | 517 Court St., Lynchburg VA, 24504 Tickets: $5 (free for K-12 students) Early Music Access Project is proud to partner with Amherst Glebe Arts Response to present this concert in Lynchburg’s oldest African American church. The congregation dates back to 1815 and the current church edifice was completed in 1880. Monticello's Folks Traditions: Meet the Musicians of Early Music Access Project
Saturday, June 17 at 10:30am The Center at Belvedere | 540 Belvedere Blvd., Charlottesville VA 22901 FREE, registration recommended Learn more about the music and musicians featured in Rock & Reel: Monticello’s Folk Traditions during this special free community event. Early Music Access Project musicians will perform selections from their upcoming concert, talk about the history behind the music, and discuss their approach to this unique fiddling tradition. Audience members will have an opportunity to ask questions of the musicians. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
EMAP intermission performance and post-show discussion Saturday, June 17 at 7:30am The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center | 233 4th St NW, Charlottesville, VA 22903 General Admission - $20 Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom by August Wilson is one of his American Century Cycle. The African American Heritage Center’s Charlottesville Players Guild (CPG) will complete production of the entire cycle in October of this year. Directed by Ti Ames, this show is the only one in the cycle that does not take place in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. In order to tell this part of Black existence Wilson traveled to a Chicago recording studio where Ma Rainey and her band are preparing to record several records. Rainey, like other musicians of the 1920’s, toured to make the bulk of her money performing at the then Elmore Theater in Pittsburgh in 1927 along with her contemporaries like Bessie Smith and Ethel Waters. This play highlights a Black performers life, revealing the indignities and calculations that they must navigate to be paid fairly and respected. As part of the Juneteenth (June 17) performance the Charlottesville Players Guild has partnered with Early Music Access Project to bring a band of performers who have reinterpreted music played by Black fiddlers formerly enslaved at Monticello. These musicians will play some of this music during our intermission and then be part of a post show discussion about the music, its reimagining, and the similarities to the stories of these Black musicians born hundreds of years apart. |
HOUSE CONCERT
Sunday, October 9, 2022 @ 3pm | Downtown Charlottesville VA Sam Suggs, double bass | David McCormick, baroque violin & vielle All EMAP donors who have recently donated $100 or more will automatically receive invitations. To receive your invitation, make a donation today to help EMAP continue offering bold, innovative programming.
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ROTUNDA PLANETARIUM: MUSIC UNDER THE STARS
Friday, November 25 & Saturday, November 26, 2022, 5:30-8:30pm The Rotunda at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA Baroque violinist David McCormick of EMAP will perform Jeffersonian tunes at the top of each hour as the Rotunda Planetarium once again opens to the public on November 25 and 26. McCormick will share music from his research into Monticello's Black fiddlers as a 2020 Fellow of the International Center for Jefferson Studies. FREE!
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COMMUNITY BAROQUE GATHERING
Sunday, December 11, 2022, 2-4:30pm | Charlottesville Band Building, Charlottesville VA Early Music Access Project announces the return of our annual Community Baroque Gathering, an afternoon of exploration designed for advanced high school and college students, adult amateurs, and professional musicians.
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WINTER SONGS & STORIES
Monday, February 13 at 7:30pm | Blackfriars Playhouse, Staunton VA Tuesday, February 14 at 7:30pm | Stone Chapel at Church of our Saviour, Charlottesville, VA Brian Kay, guitar & vocals | David McCormick, baroque violin Peter Walker, bagpipe & vocals | Sarah Walker, storyteller |
The Hemings Family of Monticello: A Musical History Dinner
Thursday, April 27 @ 6pm | Montfair Resort Farm, Crozet VA |