Category: Performing Arts News

  • Genre-Pushing Sounds from Philadelphia: A Journey Through Four Trailblazing Works

    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…

  • “On Business, Art, and Life”: Charles Ives, Insurance Man

    “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,…

  • Zarzuela: Spain’s Unique Musical Treasure and Its Lasting Influence

    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…

  • Music for Champions: Copyright at the Olympic Games

    Music for Champions: Copyright at the Olympic Games

    As the 2024 Paris Olympic Games race towards their exciting conclusion, viewers across the world are learning about sports they’ve never heard of and rooting for athletes who have become household names overnight. But one detail of the Olympics receives little attention despite its crucial significance to numerous sports and disciplines. Simone Biles famously tumbled…

  • 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…

  • The Timeless Resonance of the Cello

    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…

  • 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…

  • An Interview with Composer Ashley Reneé Seward.

    An Interview with Composer Ashley Reneé Seward.

    Beyond the Notes presents Women Composers of Song from Around the World Presented by A Modern Reveal Wednesday, March 15, 2022, 12:00 PM Charles Library Event Space Featuring Boyer College of Music vocal studies students and collaborative pianist Gabriel Rebolla Light refreshments served. Boyer recital credit given. All programs are free and open to all,…

  • 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…

  • Remembering Holocaust Survivor Composer Herbert Zipper

    Remembering Holocaust Survivor Composer Herbert Zipper

    Beyond the Notes presentsThe Final Waltz Wednesday, November 9, 2022, 12:00 PMCharles Library Event Space Performers:Daniel Neer, baritoneMarta Zaliznyak ’21, sopranoAriana Grace ’24, sopranoGabriel Rebolla, piano Light refreshments served. Boyer recital credit given.All programs are free and open to all, and registration is encouraged. In remembrance of the 84th anniversary of Kristallnacht–“the night of broken glass” when…