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DESCRIPTION:Lafayette\, La Musique de la Garde Nationale Parisienne. \n\nI
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 24-25 tour of the United States\, enjoy a lecture/concert of music from L
 afayette's lifetime performed on early 19th-century instruments.
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 ar/Detail.aspx?si=57407\n\nLafayette\, La Musique de la Garde Nationale P
 arisienne \n\nIn commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Marquis de
  Lafayette's 1824-25 tour of the United States\, enjoy a lecture/concert 
 of music from Lafayette's lifetime performed on early 19th-century instru
 ments. Join researchers and historical-performance specialists Dominic Gi
 ardino (historical clarinets) and Dr. Chris Troiano (serpent) to experien
 ce the music that underscored Lafayette's French Revolutionary career. Th
 e Age of Revolutions (1775-1848) was a period of social\, political\, and
  cultural turbulence in Europe and the Americas. There was perhaps no gre
 ater witness to this era of dramatic change than Gilbert du Motier\, Marq
 uis de Lafayette. This lecture/performance\, with Lafayette's leadership 
 of the Garde Nationale Parisienne as the focal point\, will transport lis
 teners to the desperate but optimistic early days of the French Revolutio
 n when music left the aristocratic great rooms of Versailles and poured o
 nto the streets of Paris. \n\nAbout the Performers\nBased in Williamsburg
 \, VA\, historical clarinetist Dominic Giardino enjoys a varied professio
 nal life exploring the intersections of history and performance. Dominic 
 is the executive director of the Tucson-based concert series Arizona Earl
 y Music\, develops music programming for the Colonial Williamsburg Founda
 tion\, and is a member of Early Music America's board of directors. As a 
 clarinetist\, he has recorded with the Smithsonian Chamber Players\, Thre
 e Notch'd Road: The Virginia Baroque Ensemble\, and Newberry's Victorian 
 Cornet Band. Dominic earned his B.M. in performance at the Eastman School
  of Music\, and his M.M. in early music as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar in Th
 e Hague\, where he studied with Eric Hoeprich.\n\nDr. Chris Troiano is th
 e Historical Ensembles Program Manager at George Mason University in Fair
 fax\, VA and is the Program Director of the 8th Green Machine Regiment Ba
 nd\, a mid-19th century brass band that performs music of the American Ci
 vil War on period brass instruments. Chris is also the co-host of the Ear
 ly American Brass Band Podcast\, a podcast focusing on sharing research a
 nd performances of brass bands from 1835-2023. Chris' primary instrumenta
 l focus is low brass and he is an active teacher and performer on euphoni
 um\, baritone\, trombone\, ophicleide\, and military serpent. \n\n\n\nLoc
 ation: Lyceum\nFees: $20\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Arts\, Lyceu
 m\, Museums\, Performing Arts\n\nImport this event into your calendar: ht
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 ique de la Garde Nationale Parisienne \n<br />\n<br />In commemoration of
  the 250th anniversary of the Marquis de Lafayette?s 1824-25 tour of the 
 United States\, enjoy a lecture/concert of music from Lafayette?s lifetim
 e performed on early 19th-century instruments. Join researchers and histo
 rical-performance specialists Dominic Giardino (historical clarinets) and
  Dr. Chris Troiano (serpent) to experience the music that underscored Laf
 ayette?s French Revolutionary career. The Age of Revolutions (1775?1848) 
 was a period of social\, political\, and cultural turbulence in Europe an
 d the Americas. There was perhaps no greater witness to this era of drama
 tic change than Gilbert du Motier\, Marquis de Lafayette. This lecture/pe
 rformance\, with Lafayette?s leadership of the Garde Nationale Parisienne
  as the focal point\, will transport listeners to the desperate but optim
 istic early days of the French Revolution when music left the aristocrati
 c great rooms of Versailles and poured onto the streets of Paris. \n<br /
 >\n<br />About the Performers\n<br />Based in Williamsburg\, VA\, histori
 cal clarinetist Dominic Giardino enjoys a varied professional life explor
 ing the intersections of history and performance. Dominic is the executiv
 e director of the Tucson-based concert series Arizona Early Music\, devel
 ops music programming for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation\, and is a
  member of Early Music America?s board of directors. As a clarinetist\, h
 e has recorded with the Smithsonian Chamber Players\, Three Notch?d Road:
  The Virginia Baroque Ensemble\, and Newberry?s Victorian Cornet Band. Do
 minic earned his B.M. in performance at the Eastman School of Music\, and
  his M.M. in early music as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar in The Hague\, where
  he studied with Eric Hoeprich.\n<br />\n<br />Dr. Chris Troiano is the H
 istorical Ensembles Program Manager at George Mason University in Fairfax
 \, VA and is the Program Director of the 8th Green Machine Regiment Band\
 , a mid-19th century brass band that performs music of the American Civil
  War on period brass instruments. Chris is also the co-host of the Early 
 American Brass Band Podcast\, a podcast focusing on sharing research and 
 performances of brass bands from 1835-2023. Chris? primary instrumental f
 ocus is low brass and he is an active teacher and performer on euphonium\
 , baritone\, trombone\, ophicleide\, and military serpent. \n<br />\n<br 
 />\n<br />\n<br />Location: Lyceum\n<br />Fees: $20\n<br />Audience: Anyo
 ne may attend\n<br />Tags: Arts\, Lyceum\, Museums\, Performing Arts\n<br
  />\n<br />Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava
 .gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=57407<br>\n<a href="https://shop.ale
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