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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…
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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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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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The Prince and The Elephant
The Prince and the Elephant Wednesday, March 24th, Noon EDT. Tune in to hear two narrated stories by Oscar Wilde and Jean de Brunhoff, with music by Liza Lehmann and Francis Poulenc. Professor Charles Abramovic and his Boyer College of Music and Dance students will provide the piano…
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Mandolin Music to Soothe the soul
Music for Piano and Mandolin Wednesday, March 3rd, Noon EST Gabe Locati, Mandolin; Sujin Kim, Piano Join us for a noontime mandolin and piano recital with Boyer College of Music and Dance students Gabe Locati and Sujin Kim. This Beyond the Notes concert is coordinated by Allen Krantz, who heads the guitar program and teaches chamber music…
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Hispanic Heritage Month Song Celebration
Hispanic Heritage Month Song Celebration Wednesday, October 14, Noon Join us for a celebration of beautiful songs of the Hispanic repertoire featuring music by Joaquin Rodrigo, Manuel de Falla, Jaime Leon, and Ernesto Lecuona. The performers include Savannah Whittenburg, Daniel Arboleda, Jason Garcia-Kakuk, and Stephen Acosta. This program is coordinated and produced by Daniel Arboleda.…