Early Music Access Project will commemorate the 200th anniversary of Lafayette’s visit to Charlottesville and Monticello with the premiere of a new concert, “Lafayette’s Fiddlers” at Sydnor Performance Hall of the University of Lynchburg at 3 pm on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. The program will be repeated by EMAP twice on Sunday at the University of Virginia Rotunda.

Based on his research as a fellow of the International Center for Jefferson Studies, EMAP artistic director David McCormick has curated a program that includes music that may have been played for the occasion and French songs that Lafayette and Jefferson admired. Actor Brandon Lee will portray three Black historical figures who left written accounts of Lafayette’s visit.

Tickets are required and can be purchased on Eventbrite:

• University of Lynchburg-affiliated students, faculty, and staff: Free
• Non-Lynchburg affiliated: Adults $20, Other Students $10
• WIC mothers and families: Free with WIC Card on VCA and VDH passport program

Performers:

• Dominic Giardino, historical clarinets
• Benjamin Hunter, baroque fiddle, voice, banjo, and percussion
• Carmen Johnson-Pájaro, baroque fiddle
• Brandon Lee, actor and percussion
• David McCormick, artistic director and baroque fiddle
• Rebecca Scout Nelson, baroque fiddle, guitar, and voice
• Sam Suggs, baroque double bass

Sponsored by Amherst Glebe Arts Response in collaboration with Early Music Access Project Charlottesville and the Lynchburg Arts Consortium