BEGIN:VCALENDAR CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DESCRIPTION:Lafayette\, La Musique de la Garde Nationale Parisienne. \n\nI n commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Marquis de Lafayette's 18 24-25 tour of the United States\, enjoy a lecture/concert of music from L afayette's lifetime performed on early 19th-century instruments. METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//github.com/rianjs/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN SUMMARY:Lecture/Concert: Music from Lafayette's Lifetime on May 7\, 2024 VERSION:2.0 X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H X-WR-CALDESC:Lecture/Concert: Music from Lafayette's Lifetime on May 7\, 2 024 X-WR-CALNAME:Lecture/Concert: Music from Lafayette's Lifetime on May 7\, 2 024 X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Eastern BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts CATEGORIES:Lyceum CATEGORIES:Museums CATEGORIES:Performing Arts DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend arTest/Detail.aspx?si=57407\n\nLafayette\, La Musique de la Garde Nationa le Parisienne \n\nIn commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Marqui s de Lafayette's 1824-25 tour of the United States\, enjoy a lecture/conc ert of music from Lafayette's lifetime performed on early 19th-century in struments. Join researchers and historical-performance specialists Domini c Giardino (historical clarinets) and Dr. Chris Troiano (serpent) to expe rience the music that underscored Lafayette's French Revolutionary career . The Age of Revolutions (1775-1848) was a period of social\, political\, and cultural turbulence in Europe and the Americas. There was perhaps no greater witness to this era of dramatic change than Gilbert du Motier\, Marquis de Lafayette. This lecture/performance\, with Lafayette's leaders hip of the Garde Nationale Parisienne as the focal point\, will transport listeners to the desperate but optimistic early days of the French Revol ution when music left the aristocratic great rooms of Versailles and pour ed onto the streets of Paris. \n\nAbout the Performers\nBased in Williams burg\, VA\, historical clarinetist Dominic Giardino enjoys a varied profe ssional life exploring the intersections of history and performance. Domi nic is the executive director of the Tucson-based concert series Arizona Early Music\, develops music programming for the Colonial Williamsburg Fo undation\, and is a member of Early Music America's board of directors. A s a clarinetist\, he has recorded with the Smithsonian Chamber Players\, Three Notch'd Road: The Virginia Baroque Ensemble\, and Newberry's Victor ian Cornet Band. Dominic earned his B.M. in performance at the Eastman Sc hool of Music\, and his M.M. in early music as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar i n The Hague\, where he studied with Eric Hoeprich.\n\nDr. Chris Troiano i s the Historical Ensembles Program Manager at George Mason University in Fairfax\, VA and is the Program Director of the 8th Green Machine Regimen t Band\, a mid-19th century brass band that performs music of the America n Civil War on period brass instruments. Chris is also the co-host of the Early American Brass Band Podcast\, a podcast focusing on sharing resear ch and performances of brass bands from 1835-2023. Chris' primary instrum ental focus is low brass and he is an active teacher and performer on eup honium\, baritone\, trombone\, ophicleide\, and military serpent. \n\n\n\ nLocation: Lyceum\nFees: $20\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Arts\, L yceum\, Museums\, Performing Arts\n\nImport this event into your calendar : http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=57407\n\nWe b resources:\n\nPurchase tickets here\nhttps://shop.alexandriava.gov/Even ts.aspx\n DTEND:20240508T003000Z DTSTAMP:20240416T155536Z DTSTART:20240507T230000Z LOCATION:Lyceum SEQUENCE:5 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Lecture/Concert: Music from Lafayette's Lifetime TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:66d874ee-445b-4557-b15e-e5ad0e890520 URL:https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see https://apps.alexa ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57407
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Lafayette\ , La Musique de la Garde Nationale Parisienne \n
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In commemor ation 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 instruments. Join researchers a nd historical-performance specialists Dominic Giardino (historical clarin ets) and Dr. Chris Troiano (serpent) to experience the music that undersc ored Lafayette?s French Revolutionary career. The Age of Revolutions (177 5?1848) was a period of social\, political\, and cultural turbulence in E urope and the Americas. There was perhaps no greater witness to this era of dramatic change than Gilbert du Motier\, Marquis de Lafayette. This le cture/performance\, with Lafayette?s leadership of the Garde Nationale Pa risienne as the focal point\, will transport listeners to the desperate b ut optimistic early days of the French Revolution when music left the ari stocratic great rooms of Versailles and poured onto the streets of Paris. \n
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About the Performers\n
Based in Williamsburg\, VA\, historical clarinetist Dominic Giardino enjoys a varied professional lif e exploring the intersections of history and performance. Dominic is the executive director of the Tucson-based concert series Arizona Early Music \, develops music programming for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation\, and is a member of Early Music America?s board of directors. As a clarine tist\, he has recorded with the Smithsonian Chamber Players\, Three 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 Mus ic\, and his M.M. in early music as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar in The Hague \, where he studied with Eric Hoeprich.\n
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Dr. Chris Troiano is the Historical Ensembles Program Manager at George Mason University in Fairfax\, VA and is the Program Director of the 8th Green Machine Regime nt Band\, a mid-19th century brass band that performs music of the Americ an Civil War on period brass instruments. Chris is also the co-host of th e Early American Brass Band Podcast\, a podcast focusing on sharing resea rch and performances of brass bands from 1835-2023. Chris? primary instru mental focus is low brass and he is an active teacher and performer on eu phonium\, baritone\, trombone\, ophicleide\, and military serpent. \n
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Location: Lyceum\n
Fees: $20\n
Audien ce: Anyone may attend\n
Tags: Arts\, Lyceum\, Museums\, Performing A rts\n
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