Schedule for Soundscapes of Jefferson's America 3/30/12 - 3/31/12
March 30, 2012 - 9:30pm
Friday, March 30, 2012, Harrison Institute Auditorium
9:30 | Session I: | |
Deborah McDowell, chair | ||
Bonnie Gordon, Introduction | ||
Shane White, “The Sounds of Slavery” | ||
Mary Hunter, “The Jefferson Family Music Collection as a Model of Amateurism” | ||
11:45 | Musical Lecture/Demonstration: | |
Richard Will, "Scottish Song as America's 'National Song'" | ||
12:30 | Lunch Break | |
2:00 | Exhibit Tour: Sound in Early America | |
3:00 | Session II: | |
Scott DeVeaux, chair Katherine Preston & Daniel Preston, “Sounds in the Neighborhood: Music in the Lives of James Monroe and His Family” | ||
Sophia Rosenfeld, “Atlantic Revolutions and the Right to Be Heard” | ||
5:00 | Adjourn | |
8:00 | Concert: Harmonious Blacksmith & Friends, Old Cabell Hall, UVA |
Saturday, March 31, 2012 -Montalto is Jefferson's "High Mountain" which rises 410 feet above Monticello.
Patrons: please park & register at Kenwood, the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies and hop on the free shuttle to Montalto. Shuttles will depart from each location every 15 minutes from 8:30am - 4:30pm. (Directions to Kenwood) Mapquest directions to Kenwood from Rotunda.
8:30 | Registration at Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies. |
8:30a-4:30p | Shuttle Service. Shuttles will depart from Smith Center & Montalto every 15 minutes. |
9:30 | Session III: |
David Gies, chair | |
Cynthia Wall, “The Adventures of Inkle and Yarico” | |
Cecelia Conway, "African Roots of the Chesapeake Banjo and Fiddle Tradition - Including Monticello" | |
11:30 | Old-Time Banjo Performance: Jerron 'Blind Boy' Paxton |
12:30 | Lunch Break |
2:00 | Session IV: |
Andrew O’Shaughnessy, chair | |
Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter Onuf, “Listening with Jefferson: Orchestrating Life at Monticello” | |
3:00 | Adjourn. Shuttle service will continue to depart from Montalto until 4:30pm. |
8:00 | Concert: Free Bridge Quintet presents Jazz meets Jefferson Old Cabell Hall, UVA (Reserve Tickets) |
All events are FREE except March 31 Concert: Free Bridge Quintet Concert "Jazz Meets Jefferson"
Registration (requested for attendance purposes, but not required): Please fill out this form to pre-register for the Soundscapes in Jefferson's America symposium.
Directions to Montalto/Kenwood.
Program & Scheudule subject to change.
Arts Box Office: 434.924.3376; Music Department Office: 434.924.3052