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Chamber Recital: Sylvan Waters Duo
Come to this beautiful 18th-century worship center and enjoy a candlelit recital by the Sylvan Waters Duo, Dr. Tula Irving, harp & Raymond Irving, double bass.
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Choral Evensong - University of Notre Dame
Join us in this beautiful 18th-century worship center for a candlelight concert by the University of Notre Dame Children's Liturgical Choir directed by Mark Doerries.
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Concert: An Evening of Italian Madrigals
Enjoy an evening of Italian madrigals presented by sopranos Sarah Taylor & Claudia Kessel, tenors George Revill & Daniel Parks, cellist Brian Blair, and harpsichordist JanEl Will.
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Dining Event: Revel at Chowning's Tavern
Join us at Chowning’s Tavern for an evening of 18th-century merrymaking.
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Evening Program: Capitol Concert
Join Colonial Williamsburg’s Governor’s Musick for a special evening of chamber music in the live acoustics and visual ambiance of the Hall of Burgesses.
Open to the Public
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Evening Program: Music at the Raleigh Tavern
Explore how music shaped identity in the newly independent United States through musical entertainment featuring songs and pieces enjoyed in post-Revolutionary America.
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Evening Program: Palace Concert
Colonial Williamsburg's early music ensemble, the Governor's Musick, offers an elegant evening of chamber music.
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Historic Organ Recital - Norman Elton
Norman Elton, organist at Williamsburg Presbyterian Church, gives a recital on the Historic English Chamber Organ, one of Colonial Williamsburg's 18th-century instruments.
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Historic Organ Recital - Rebecca Davy
Rebecca Davy, Music Director at Bruton Parish Church, gives a recital on the Historic English Chamber Organ, one of Colonial Williamsburg's 18th-century instruments.
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Historic Organ Recital with Thomas Marshall
Enjoy this Historic Organ Recital in the Wren Chapel at the College of William & Mary performed by Thomas Marshall, organist at Williamsburg United Methodist Church.
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Museum Discoveries: Musical Instruments
Join Colonial Williamsburg’s harpsichord makers as they demonstrate their work, explain various tools, and answer questions.
Art Museums Admission
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Music: A 4th of July Grand Military Sonata
Enjoy a musical celebration of this momentous day in American history with a 19th-century military keyboard sonata by James Hewitt, an American composer.
Art Museums Admission
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Music: Composed in Early America
Join Kyle Collins, Governor's Musick keyboardist, and discover lesser-known solo keyboard works composed in early America, performed on Colonial Williamsburg's Organized Piano.
Art Museums Admission
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Music: Early American
Enjoy music that has come from distant shores to become the music of Early America.
Art Museums Admission
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Music: Fife & Drum
Watch and listen to the Fifes and Drums as they demonstrate the music and drill of various military ceremonies from an 18th-century soldier's working day.
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Music: Fife & Drum March
The Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums, representing military field musicians, march from the Capitol to the Palace Green.
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Music: Governor's Musick at the Art Museums
Celebrate our nation's independence with music by our resident chamber ensemble, the Governor's Musick, featuring harpsichord, Baroque flute, Baroque violin, and viola da gamba.
Art Museums Admission
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Music: In the Wythe Parlor
Join members of the Governor’s Musick in the Wythe House Parlor as domestic music is performed on period instruments.
CW Admission
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Music: Phillis Wheatley and the Music of Freedom
Join the Governor’s Musick in a musical exploration of the paradox of freedom as seen through the poetry of Phillis Wheatley, an enslaved person and well-known poet.
Art Museums Admission
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Music: The Art of Fifing & Drumming
Join the Colonial Williamsburg Fifes & Drums as they demonstrate the many musical tasks and ceremonies that occurred throughout a revolutionary soldier's day.
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Organ Recital - Michael Gibson
Michael Gibson, organist from Williamsburg, VA, presents a candlelight organ recital.
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Organ Recital - Stephen Henley
Stephen Henley, organist from Richmond, VA presents a candlelight recital.
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Organ Recital: In Celebration of Creation
Dr. JanEl Will, organist at Bruton Parish, presents a candlelight organ recital in this beautiful 18th-century worship center.
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Performance: Family Theater
The Jug Broke Theatre Co. present from their repertoire of plays, ballad operas, and music bringing the spirit of 18th-century theatre to you!
CW Admission
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Special Event: A Community Salute to America
Celebrate our nation's 247th birthday with The United States Air Force Heritage of America band performing patriotic favorites in a concert on the Art Museums' Lawn.
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Special Event: A Patriotic Celebration
Celebrate Independence Day with the Governor’s Musick members as they play the music that saw our transition from English colonies to American states.
Art Museums Admission
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Special Event: Answer the Call
Much of African Music is based on call and response. The drum announces itself first to the community, then waits for a response back to the drummer. How will you answer the call?
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Special Event: Constitution Day
Colonial Williamsburg celebrates the signing of the U.S. Constitution with a free event, "To Support and Defend," on the Art Museums Lawn.
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Special Event: Lighting of the Cressets
Join us on the historic Duke of Gloucester Street as we bring our 18th-century streets to life at night.
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Special Event: Lights of Freedom
Celebrate the words and music of the American Revolution, culminating in a grand fireworks display at 9:30 p.m. above the Governor's Palace.
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Special Event: Salute to the Heroes
A lone bagpiper plays from the Governor's Palace in a heartfelt tribute to honor those men and women who have served in the United States Armed Forces.
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Special Event: Salute to the States
Join the Colonial Williamsburg Fifes & Drums and the Virginia Military Garrison as they present musket volley salutes to the original 13 states of the Union.
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