Lyracle

Musick's Recreation
2026-06-18 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | Lexington History Museums, 13 Depot Square, Lexington, MA, 02420
Historic houses help us imagine what home life for some people in colonial New England might have looked like, but what might it have sounded like? Find out at a performance of historical music ensemble Lyracle’s program, Musick’s Recreation. In this program, Lyracle focuses on a few documented viol players in colonial New England as well as viol players who were left out of historical records. Lyracle connects what can be inferred about their varied musical experiences to English repertoire that was likely present in 17th and early 18th century New England. Experience the music of beloved composers like Henry Purcell and his lesser-known contemporaries recontextualized, and help celebrate all kinds of local historic music-making: the silly, the serious and everything in between.

Musick's Recreation
2026-07-19 15:00 - 16:30 | Shoreham Inn, 51 Inn Rd, Shoreham, VT, 05770, United States

Musick's Recreation
2026-09-12 18:00 - 19:00

Guest Presenter at Harvard College
2026-09-24 | Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, 02138
Lyracle will visit Introduction to Western Music, a musicology class at Harvard College as a guest presenter.
This event is not open to the public.

Commonplace | Oct 2, Easthampton
2026-10-02 19:30 - 20:45 | Blue Room at CitySpace, 43 Main St 01027, Easthampton, MA, 01027
Music found in commonplace books, personal notebooks of indispensable knowledge. Hear it performed live!
In times when access to paper and ink was limited, you could learn a lot about what someone valued from their commonplace book. If music made it into someone’s precious pages, then it must have meant a lot to them. Join us for an hour of ordinary people’s musical treasures found tucked between pages of 15th-17th century recipes, inspirational quotes, poems, and medicinal cures. Help us celebrate these powerful examples of music’s ability to amplify the areas in which people have always found and made meaning: family care, spirituality, work, and play.
We’re excited to welcome members of the local literary and book arts communities to help us celebrate and explore the theme of commonplace books. Local bookbinders Laurel Rogers of Passionato Books and Matthew Lawler Zimmerman of Studio Alcyon will display some of their work at the concert. The doors will open at 7pm to allow for extra viewing time. And Karolina Zapal, writer and Program Manager at the Massachusetts Center for the Book, will read a poem from a commonplace book featured on the concert program.
Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/commonplace-or-oct-2-easthampton
Performers:
Ashley Mulcahy, mezzo-soprano & co-artistic director
James Perretta, viol & co-artistic director
Noah Horn, tenor
Corey Shotwell, tenor
This program is funded in part by a grant from the Eastampton Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Commonplace | Oct 3, Williamstown
2026-10-03 15:00 - 16:15 | First Congregational Church Williamstown (Greylock Room), 906 Main St, Williamstown, MA, 01267
Music from commonplace books, personal notebooks of indispensable knowledge. Hear it performed live!
In times when access to paper and ink was limited, you could learn a lot about what someone valued from their commonplace book. If music made it into someone’s precious pages, then it must have meant a lot to them. Join us for an hour of ordinary people’s musical treasures found tucked between pages of 15th-17th century recipes, inspirational quotes, poems, and medicinal cures. Help us celebrate these powerful examples of music’s enduring ability to amplify the areas in which people find and make meaning: family care, spirituality, work, and play.
Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/commonplace-or-oct-3-williamstown
Performers:
Ashley Mulcahy, mezzo-soprano & co-artistic director
James Perretta, viol & co-artistic director
Noah Horn, tenor
Corey Shotwell, tenor
This program is funded in part by a grant from the Cultural Council of Northern Berkshire, a local agency which is supported by Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
