Tailored to time & place

~ celebrating historical spaces, regions & local histories ~

from DUO to large ensembles ~ suiting any budget

See a promotional reel HERE to get an idea of these programs in context.

using instruments of the era

fortepiano ~ baroque violin ~ baroque guitar ~ cittarone ~ lute

with singers & actors

& in collaboration with the New York Baroque Dance Company

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Clementi & Co.

A concert of Musick for fortepiano & violin

Featuring works by Muzio Clementi and other composers whose music is found in

Thomas Jefferson's Library, including J. C. Bach, Luigi Boccherini & W. A. Mozart.

Performed on an original fortepiano manufactured by Clementi & Co.

Clementi & Co. programs are an annual feature at the King Manor Museum in Jamaica, NY ~

the home of Founding Father Rufus King.

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from A Leather Bound Volume:

Violin & Keyboard

Music from Thomas Jefferson's library

Ranging from the early Baroque to the late Classical eras,

music for violin & keyboard (with harpischord or fortepiano),

selected from Mr. Jefferson's personally bound volume.

The program includes selections from sonatas by Corelli, Vivaldi, Tessarini, Wodizka & Campioni,

& other favorites from Mr. Jefferson's library ~

with readings from the era regarding music making in the Jefferson family,

his children and grandchildren, Hemings & Jefferson, and their musical gifts ~

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Arts & Letters of our Founding Fathers

Readings, Music & Dance from Colonial America

~  a collaboration with the New York Baroque Dance Company  ~

Music from Thomas Jefferson's library, with readings from letters & journal entries of the time,

with Baroque dancers in costumes of the era presenting social dances familiar at Colonial celebrations.

"...General Washington danced every set..."

Excerpts from live performances of this program are featured HERE ~  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4jOKDPcQtg

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John Jay's Night at the Opera

Entertainments from England, France & Colonial America

Popular music of Handel & Gay, including excerpts from the Beggar's Opera (London) ~

Rameau & Gluck (Paris) ~ with songs of Hopkinson & Hewitt (American Colonies).

Includes solo and duo arias, popular song, and 18th-century arrangements for guitar, violin, and harpsichord.

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