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Preserving, Sharing, and Celebrating Moravian Musical Culture

While our lectures are packed with information, they are concise and move at a quick pace. We keep it light and fun, presented with lots of visual aids, listening, and light refreshments!

Talks @ the Archie K Davis Center

Offered in collaboration with the Moravian Archives, Southern Province at the Archie K. Davis Center, 457 S. Church St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101.

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Talks & Lectures

Fun and Informative!

As part of MMF’s educational mission, informative lectures are offered, free to the public, on a variety of research topics, spanning music history, musicology, and biography or to provide information about MMF projects and programs.

… in the Spaugh Lecture/Recital Hall of the Archie K. Davis Center, 457 S. Church St. (behind Cedarhyrst at the gates of God’s Acre).

Parking is easiest in the Salem College Fine Arts Center/Home Church/God’s Acre parking lot.
[use 500 E. Salem Ave. to find our parking entrance by GPS] DIRECTIONS
Enter the building at the postern gate.

HANDICAPPED ACCESS, ELEVATOR ACCESS, and for anyone who needs to save some steps or shorten their walk:
Once you have parked in the Salem College/A K Davis Ctr/God’s Acre parking lot (see Directions), follow the brick ramp and approach the building on the lowest level (postern gate). For some events, the doors will be electronically unlocked for entry. If not, please press the CALL button. The intercom is active, and someone will either come down the elevator to let you in the building, or “buzz” you in (simply pull the door open). 

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More About Talks

Talks at the Archie K. Davis Center

As part of our mission to celebrate and share Moravian music and its history we are reformatting our lecture series for 2024 as “Talks at the Archie K. Davis Center.” The talks will no longer be exclusively on Thursdays.

Videos of the recordings will be posted on various social media channels and housed on both our website and YouTube page, creating a repository of talks that can be accessed at any time.

Generous Support for our Talks
was provided by

Barbara Boyce Howard

Other Educational Programs for Groups, Individuals, Students, Children & Youth
MMF Complete Event Calendar

Video of past Talks

Moravian Music 101 (Ep/101)

An Introduction to the music of early Moravians and the Moravian Church (worldwide Unitas Fratrum); Christopher Ogburn, Ph.D., speaker

Anachronistic Anacreontic Politics (Ep/103)

A look at the tune “Anacreon” that became our national anthem and its many appearances in our collections. David Blum, speaker.

Moravian Americans & Neighbors (Ep/104)

An overview of the book, “Becoming American: Southern Moravians, their Neighbors, and the Processes of Americanization in the Early Republic,” a fascinating scholarly journey through Moravian-American identity in in the early years of the United States.

Follow the Music (Ep/105)
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“One Scholar’s Exploration of Moravian Music and Where It Led.” A look at the GemeinKat Project and discoveries in cataloging the collections. Barbara Strauss, speaker. A journey through Barbara’s 50-year story of love for and interaction with Moravian music.

Moravian Music Foundation: A History (Ep/107)

Much has changed with MMF in the last year. As we take a look at the history of this organization, we learn that it has been constantly evolving. Knowing the past helps us shape the future. A journey through the past 67 years of the Moravian Music Foundation, and earlier.

David Tannenberg and the American Organ
(Ep/109)

Tannenberg’s career and achievements are a coalescence of his skills, highly valued in the Moravian craft tradition that developed in the eighteenth century, and of the importance of music in Moravian culture and worship, especially hymn-singing.

Vocal Pedagogy in the Moravian Church (Ep/111)


What is the Classical Style?
(Ep/113)

An examination of the origins and markers of the “Classical” style. What is it and where did it come from? Why do we call it Classical music? What made this style of music so popular among Moravian composers and musicians?

A Partnership of the Moravian Archives
and Moravian Music Foundation

CONTACT INFO:
MORAVIAN ARCHIVES:
457 S. Church St., W-S NC
336-722-1742
www.moravianarchives.org

More Video Links:

Completing the Online Catalog

Newly Edited Anthem from Original Manuscript

Music of the Bach Family

Beethoven in Salem

Video Lectures & Documentaries

All lectures have been recorded and are available to the public. Our newest videos are like documentary films, with slides, music, and video to enhance your understanding and enjoyment.

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