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

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9:30Session 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” 
11:45Musical Lecture/Demonstration: 
 Richard Will, "Scottish Song as America's 'National Song'" 
12:30 Lunch Break 
2:00 Exhibit Tour: Sound in Early America 
3:00Session 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” 
5:00Adjourn 
8:00Concert: 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.

  
8:30Registration at Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies.
8:30a-4:30pShuttle Service. Shuttles will depart from Smith Center & Montalto every 15 minutes.
9:30Session 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”
3:00Adjourn. 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

Address

UVA Department of Music
112 Old Cabell Hall
P.O. Box 400176 Charlottesville, VA 22904-4176

Email: music@virginia.edu