Step back in time with the St. Andrew the Apostle Concert Series and experience the enchantment of Early American music like never before in this captivating interactive concert performed on period instruments as David and Ginger Hildebrand explore the roots of America’s musical heritage.

During their St. Andrew’s performance, the Hildebrands will perform early American music on period instruments and don period attire. During this interactive concert, they will also explain and demonstrate their instruments, including the harpsichord, hammered dulcimer, violin, and Spanish and English guitars — interpreting various musical traditions, featuring both the formal and less refined aspects of music in early America. Stay after the concert for a free post-concert reception where you can mingle with friends and meet the artists.

Meet the Artists

Ginger Hildebrand holds an M.M. in guitar performance from the Peabody Conservatory. She teaches privately and at the Severn School; she also performs with “Trio Galilei.” 

David Hildebrand consults and lectures widely and was twice a residential fellow at Mount Vernon’s National Library for the study of George Washington. David Hildebrand’s M.A. and Ph.D., both in musicology, are from George Washington University and Catholic University. On the musicology faculty at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore since 1994, David Hildebrand also co-authored Musical Maryland: A History of Song and Performance from the Colonial Period to the Age of Radio. Their soundtrack work includes pangled the PBS films Rediscovering George Washington, and Anthem- The Story of the Star-Spanged Banner. David Hildebrand has appeared on NPR, BBC and “History Detectives.”

SUPPORT THE ARTS

While this is a free concert, donations help to make this event, and others like it, possible. A free-will offering will be taken up during the concert to benefit this and future events. Credit card donations may be made at the reception following the concert or anytime on-line at www.st-andrew.org/concerts.