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Tag! You’re it! Win $50!
Win $50 in the Beyond the Notes Facebook Tagging Contest! How to Win 1. Attend as many of the Beyond the Notes award-winning Library Noontime concerts as you can! 2. Check Temple Libraries’ Facebook page for concert photographs, or take a selfie at the event and submit it to Facebook or Twitter. 3. Be sure…
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Beyond the Notes – Domestic Tranquility
Beyond the Notes: Temple Library’s Award-Winning Noontime Concert Series Presents a free screening of Domestic Tranquility Visual Music by Maurice Wright Wednesday, September 23, 2015 Noon to 1:00 P.M. Paley Library Lecture Hall Dr. Maurice Wright, the Laura H. Carnell Professor of Music Composition at the Boyer College of Music and Dance, created the animation…
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Boyer All-Stars Return to the Library!
Welcome to the Library’s Award-Winning Noontime Concert Series – Beyond the Notes! All Concerts 12-1 unless otherwise specified. Paley Library Lecture Hall, Ground Floor Boyer recital credit given. Refreshments served. Domestic Tranquility. Film and music by Maurice Wright. Wednesday, September 23rd Musical Gems in a New Setting. Jeffrey Solow, cellist, Elise Auerbach, piano, arrangements…
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Enter to Win a $10 Gift Certificate!
Beyond the Notes Library Noontime Concert Series Contest! In the spirit of Temple Libraries’ theme of “Gaming” for the 2015-2016 year, a contest to win a $10 Barnes & Noble gift certificate will be held at every Library Noontime concert! Easy! A question will be posted on this site a few weeks before each concert with…
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Genius of Simplicity: Johnny Mercer
Great American Songwriters Series: John Johnson, Entertainer and Scholar presents Genius of Simplicity: Johnny Mercer Thursday, March 26 Noon to 1:00 P.M. Paley Library Lecture Hall Johnny Mercer (1909–1976) worked as an actor, singer, songwriter, and businessman, but was best known for his genius as a lyricist. At the age of 19, Mercer moved to New…
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Spin the Baroque! Contemporary Music for Harpsichord
Join us for a new and refreshing lunchtime break! Renowned harpsichordist, scholar, and beloved teacher Joyce Lindorff and her students join us at Temple University Library on Thursday, March 12th, 12-1. Although commonly associated with what we call the baroque period in music (ca. 1600-1750), the harpsichord now enjoys a rich and renewed repertoire as…
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Extend the Romance with Rodgers & Hart!
Beyond the Notes, the phenomenal new Boyer Noontime Concert Series at Paley Library is back! Come for a relaxing and engaging musical experience at the library, very informal. Eat lunch, meet friends, relax, and let the music delight you. Light refreshments provided. John Johnson, Temple University’s Boyer College beloved professor of Music Theory, scholar, and…
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The Romance of the Guitar
Classical Guitar Students of Allen Krantz What can take the chill out of November better than classical guitar music? Savor the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, Fernando Sor, Ferdinando Carulli, and others as students of Allen Krantz share their extraordinary talent and beautiful music with us in a cozy and intimate setting. Wednesday, November 19th 12 :00 –…
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The Russians are Coming! Русские идут!
Dr. Charles Abramovic and his Sensational Students Return! Early Russian Animated Shorts Music by Dmitri Shostakovich What better way to kick off a spooky weekend than with early Russian silent film and music by Shostakovich! Screenings of The Cameraman’s Revenge (Ladislas Starewicz, 1910) and Romance with a Double Bass (Kai Hansen, 1911) will be…
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John Johnson’s Great American Songwriters Series a Hit!
Bravo to John Johnson for his enlightening and entertaining presentation of songs by George and Ira Gershwin for the Noontime Concert Series at Paley on October 9th! An eminently talented award-winning singer, pianist, and professor, John Johnson shared his knowledge and love for the Gershwin brothers in an event that inspired and delighted all. …