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The Practitioners of Musick perform a program of music directly associated with Jane Austen and her family in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth on Dec. 16, 1775.
Like many ladies of her time, Jane Austen was an accomplished musician with a lifelong love of music. She played both the spinet harpsichord and the pianoforte, and musical scenes appear frequently in her novels. Portions of "Northanger Abbey" and "Persuasion" are set in fashionable Georgian Bath—a city of elegant terraces, lively theatres, concerts, and grand assembly rooms where music, tea, and social dancing flourished.
Much of the Austen family’s sheet music collection still survives today, revealing her wide-ranging tastes, everything from chamber music to English ballad operas, and offering us a charming glimpse into the soundscape that inspired her writing.
The Practitioners of Musick ensemble, founded to explore the musical treasures of 17th- and 18th-century Great Britain and Ireland, as well as the Colonial and early Federal periods in America, will present a special program celebrating the music of Jane Austen’s era.
The following members will perform in this concert:
Rebecca Mariman, soprano, is a specialist in Baroque repertoire and has appeared with many early music ensembles including Fuma Sacra, Artek, Brandywine Baroque, Tempesta di Mare, Dryden Ensemble, Le Triomphe de la amour, and The Practitioners of Musick. She earned her BA in theatre from Dickinson College and her Master’s in voice from Westminster Choir College of Rider University.
John Burkhalter, recorders, studied early music at the New England Conservatory with Daniel Pinkham and Baroque performance with Frans Bruggen at Harvard University. He has lectured for the Princeton Festival, American Handel Society, Yale Center for British Art, and the Horniman Museum (Dolmetsch Collection) in London. He regularly performs in various English Country Dance Bands in association, most notably, with the Germantown Colonial Assembly of Philadelphia and New York City’s 92nd Street Y.
Donovan Klotzbeacher, organ and harpsichord, studied organ at the University of Minnesota under Heinrich Fleischer and continued his musical studies under Mary Krimmel and George Markey at Westminster Choir College of Rider University. He has performed throughout the Northeast as a harpsichordist and appeared in a series of New Jersey Network broadcasts featuring period music in 18th century houses and taverns in the state. For many years he has been Director of Music at the historic First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury, New Jersey.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Music & Performances | Humanities | *Registration Requested |
TAGS: | Austen250 |
