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Music for Children: Five Works by Iconic Classical Composers
Beyond the Notes presents Beyond the Notes: The Nutcracker and the Elephant King Wednesday, December 4th, 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. This month, Beyond the Notes will be featuring a a whimsical hour of…
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Genre-Pushing Sounds from Philadelphia: A Journey Through Four Trailblazing Works
Beyond the Notes presents Beyond the Notes: Tangled Strings Tuesday, November 12, 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. This month, Beyond the Notes will be featuring a trio of Boyer alums showcasing an “entanglement” of…
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“On Business, Art, and Life”: Charles Ives, Insurance Man
Beyond the Notes presents Beyond the Notes: Charles Ives–American Iconoclast Wednesday, October 23, 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. This month, we celebrate the 150th birthday of American composer and iconoclast Charles Ives (October 20,…
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Zarzuela: Spain’s Unique Musical Treasure and Its Lasting Influence
Beyond the Notes presents Beyond the Notes: Hispanic Heritage in Song Wednesday, September 25, 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. As part of Temple’s university-wide celebration of Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month, Beyond the Notes will be…
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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…
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The Timeless Resonance of the Cello
Beyond the Notes presents Unaccompanied Cello from Bach to the Grateful Dead Wednesday, February 21, 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. The cello, with its rich and varied timbre, has captivated audiences for centuries. Originating…
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Beyond the Notes: A Visual Music Sampler
Beyond the Notes presents A Visual Music Sampler Wednesday, January 31, 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. Join Boyer Professor of Music and composer Maurice Wright in a presentation of electronic music, live performance, and…
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From “Fortunate Son” to “The Ballad of the Green Berets”: The Vietnam War in Song
Temple University Libraries presents “Can You Get Anything You Want? The Complicated Story of ‘Alice’s Restaurant’“ A Conversation, Performance, and Singalong Tuesday, November 14, 2023, 3:30 PM Charles Library Event Space Light refreshments served. All programs are free and open to all, and registration is encouraged. The Vietnam War was a tumultuous period in American…
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Beyond the Notes: Folio + Phantasma featuring Relâche Ensemble
Beyond the Notes presents Folio + Phantasma featuring Relâche Ensemble Tuesday, November 7, 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. In recognition of National Epilepsy Awareness Month, Beyond the Notes presents a performance by Relâche Ensemble…
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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…