Music lessons were an important part of a young lady’s or gentleman’s education. Being a skilled musician prepared one to present well in polite company and served as a vehicle for young ladies to marry well or even into a higher station. Music masters advertised lessons to be given in the home or rented spaces to educate those who could afford the leisure activity of playing music. Visit the Wythe House Parlor to delight as one or more members of the Governor’s Musick ensemble play or sing examples of popular domestic music enjoyed by members of Williamsburg’s gentry. Guests can take this opportunity to ask questions about the music and the instruments or listen and reflect on what George Wythe or his young protégé and boarder, Thomas Jefferson, might have heard here.
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Special Event: Mr. Jefferson and The Giant Moose
An amazing tale in which Jefferson obsessed over a very large, very dead moose that he believed could help quash early French arrogance toward the fledgling American republic.
Art Museums Admission
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Performance: Harvest's In, Fiddle's Out
Join some of the members of the Jug Broke Theatre Co. as they play 18th-century songs and dance tunes from the Williamsburg harvest season.
CW Admission
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Special Event: Gothic Airs on the Organized Piano
Step into the Making Music in Early America exhibit with Governor's Musick's Kyle Collins for a night of gothic-flavored music on the organized piano.
Art Museums Admission
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