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A Conversation with Jay Epstein
Beyond the Notes presents Beyond the Notes: A Jazz Suite Performed Live! Wednesday, September 23, 2026 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. On September 23, pianist and composer Jay Epstein will bring his quartet to Temple…
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Parody and the Music of P. D. Q. Bach
Beyond the Notes presents Beyond the Notes: Music of P. D. Q. Bach (and Peter Schickele) Wednesday, February 18th, 2026 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 presenting music by…
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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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“The pupil Beethoven was here!”: Salieri’s Other Adversary
Beyond the Notes presentsBeethoven in Vienna Wednesday, February 8, 2023, 12:00 PMCharles Library Event Space Performers: Mădălina-Claudia Dănila, piano Sendi Vartanova, violin Taiysia Losmakova, violin Program: Sonata for piano op. 2 no. 1 in F minor (1795):dedicated to Joseph Haydn Sonata for piano and violin op.12 no. 3 in E flat major (1798):dedicated to Antonio…
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Piano Music of Protest
Presenting a program of seven works from as early as 1831, Charles Abramovic and his students will be performing compositions for solo piano inspired by protest or directed toward oppressive forces across the globe. Whether remembering the causes classical composers brought awareness to, or a continuing matter to bring attention to, performing these pieces not…
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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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20th Century Vietnamese Piano Music: A Journey Through Time
Nam Nguyen, pianist and scholar Wednesday, February 10, Noon, EST Temple University Libraries’ Beyond the Notes is pleased and proud to present a performance and discussion of Vietnamese piano music of the Twentieth Century by doctoral student Nam Nguyen. Western art music is relatively new in Vietnam, with a colonial history that started in the…
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Stride: The Art of James P. Johnson
Beyond the Notes A Celebration of Stride and Novelty Piano Wednesday, February 12th, 12:00PM -12:50PM Featuring Dr. Charles Abramovic and his studio Light refreshments served. Boyer recital credit given. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ As one of myriad styles falling under the rubric of jazz, stride is fundamentally an expression of the African American experience. James P. Johnson (1894-1955) pioneered…
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“A Finely Prepared Musician of Very Unusual Ability”
Pianist Clipper Erickson and the Music of R. Nathaniel Dett Wednesday, February 7, 2018 | 12:00–12:50 PM | Paley Library Lecture Hall Light refreshments served. Boyer recital credit given. In 1926, historian Carter G. Woodson—sometimes referred to as the “father of black history”—declared the second week of February as “Negro History Week,” a…
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Music for One, Two, Four, Six Hands
Charles Abramovic and students play music for piano by Scriabin, Schubert, Mozart, Brahms, Dvořák, Schnittke, and Abramovic Wednesday, November 15, 2017 | 12:00–12:50 PM | Paley Library Lecture Hall Light refreshments served. Boyer recital credit given. The hand: physiologists have supplied names for its many muscles—flexor digiti minimi, adductor pollicis, and lumbricals, among others—and pedagogues…