David K. Hildebrand

Who is David K. Hildebrand?

David K. Hildebrand is a freelance performer, lecturer, recording artist, and longtime partner of Ginger Hildebrand; he is an adjunct instructor at the Peabody Conservatory, and a widely recognized scholar of early American music history, including that of the colonial, Revolutionary, Federal and War of 1812 periods. He has focused especially on the music of Maryland. His dissertation was on the colonial music of Annapolis, and his masters thesis on musical instruments in that region up to the American Revolution.

Dr. Hildebrand earned his undergraduate degree from Dickinson College, and his M.A. and Ph.D. are both in musicology, from George Washington University and Catholic University, respectively. Both solo and with wife Ginger, David appear regularly at Mount Vernon, the National Gallery of Art, Colonial Williamsburg and at colleges, universities and primary schools around the country.