Author: Rebecca Fulop

  • Musings on Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and “Celtic Music”

    Musings on Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and “Celtic Music”

    Beyond the Notes presents Exploring Beethoven’s Scottish Folk Song Arrangements—Demystifying an Enigma  Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 12:00 PM Charles Library Event Space Light refreshments served. Boyer recital credit given. All programs are free and open to all, and registration is encouraged. Our final Beyond the Notes concert of the 2023–2024 season features a curious sampling…

  • Phillis Wheatley: The First Published African-American Poet

    Phillis Wheatley: The First Published African-American Poet

    Beyond the Notes presents Songs of the People: A Celebration of Women Composers from the African Diaspora Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 12:00 PM Charles Library Event Space Light refreshments served. Boyer recital credit given. All programs are free and open to all, and registration is encouraged. Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Sally Hemings…these names of famous…

  • Notes on Playing Slaves: James Ijames and the Legacy of Blackface Minstrelsy

    Notes on Playing Slaves: James Ijames and the Legacy of Blackface Minstrelsy

    Beyond the Page presents Chat in the Stacks: A Conversation with Temple Alum and Pulitzer Prize Winning Playwright James Ijames All programs are free and open to all, and registration is encouraged. PLEASE NOTE THIS CHANGE IN FORMAT: This program was prerecorded and available to view here: https://library.temple.edu/watchpastprograms/show?id=05e0e010-803b-48fd-9121-afb200ea1983 James Ijames (rhymes with “Grimes”), the Philadelphia-based…

  • “The pupil Beethoven was here!”: Salieri’s Other Adversary

    “The pupil Beethoven was here!”: Salieri’s Other  Adversary

    Beyond the Notes presentsBeethoven in Vienna Wednesday, February 8, 2023, 12:00 PMCharles Library Event Space Performers: Mădălina-Claudia Dănila, piano Sendi Vartanova, violin Taiysia Losmakova, violin Program: Sonata for piano op. 2 no. 1 in F minor (1795):dedicated to Joseph Haydn Sonata for piano and violin op.12 no. 3 in E flat major (1798):dedicated to Antonio…

  • RESCHEDULED: ENAensemble Presents The Celestial

    RESCHEDULED: ENAensemble Presents The Celestial

    The concert originally planned for 9/14/2022 of new music performed by ENAensemble has been rescheduled for January 25, 2023. We hope to see you there! Beyond the NotesWednesday, January 25, 12:00PMPerformers: Sopranos: Megnot Toggia, Marcelle McGurik, & Ayanna Freelon  Flute: Chelsey Meynig  Guitar: Thomas Schuttenhelm Cello: Leigh Brown  Conductor: Evan Kassof  With new works by…