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Beyond the Notes: Bach to the Future — Three Centuries of Guitar Music
Beyond the Notes, Temple Library’s Award-Winning Noontime Concert Series Presents: The Guitar Studio of Allen Krantz Bach to the Future: Three Centuries of Guitar Music Wednesday, November 11, 2015 Noon to 1:00 P.M. Paley Library Lecture Hall Of all the instruments employed in Western music, the guitar has possibly the most diverse and unique history (spanning…
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Musical Gems in a New Setting Contest!
Beyond the Notes: Temple Library’s Award-Winning Noontime Concert Series Presents: Jeffrey Solow, cello Elise Auerbach, piano Musical Gems in a New Setting Wednesday, October 21, 2015 Noon to 1:00 P.M. Paley Library Lecture Hall Answer this question for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate: What did the Nazis confiscate from Gregor Piatigorsky in…
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Beyond the Notes – Musical Gems in a New Setting
Beyond the Notes: Temple Library’s Award-Winning Noontime Concert Series Presents: Jeffrey Solow, cello Elise Auerbach, piano Musical Gems in a New Setting Wednesday, October 21, 2015 Noon to 1:00 P.M. Paley Library Lecture Hall After a quick perusal of the chamber music program for the upcoming Beyond the Notes concert, the names Franz Joseph Haydn,…
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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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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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Heart and Soul: Hoagy Carmichael
Great American Songwriter Series – John Johnson, pianist, singer, scholar Thursday, April 16, Noon to 1:00 Paley Library Lecture Hall Born in 1899 in Bloomington, Indiana, composer, pianist, singer Hoagland “Hoagy” Howard Carmichael combined his “home-town Hoosier” roots with his early passion for jazz to write some of the most well-known and beloved songs in America.…
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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…