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The Beatles, Part V: Revolver and Musical Innovation This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program. If we are able to offer an in-person version of this class in the coming months, we will contact you and make both options available to you. Revolver was unlike any album that preceded it. The only album release from The Beatles in 1966, Revolver was...
Aaron Copland at Mid-Century: Clarinet Concerto and Old American Songs As the mid-century mark approached, Benny Goodman commissioned Aaron Copland to write a concerto for Goodman to perform. Copland responded with one of his most exquisite compositions, his Clarinet Concerto for Clarinet, String Orchestra and Harp, a work that fuses two essential aspects of his style: the jazz element that was vital to his work of the 1920’s, and the pastoral,...
92nd Street Y @ Online Classroom, New York, NY
This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program. If we are able to offer an in-person version of this class in the coming months, we will contact you and make both options available to you. _____________________ A hands-on virtual workshop exploring art, music, and improvisation. Let the sounds of Charlie Parker’s music take you away on an artistic exploration!...
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This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program. After the event, you will have exclusive access to view the program again at any time. Join us for a world premiere dance film, featuring a series of short dances choreographed by Hope Boykin (formerly of the Ailey Company, Philadanco and more), who The New York Times wrote, "radiates power in her fearless, generous...
Join us for an intimate concert with seasonal wine and food pairings! Founded by pianists and Juilliard faculty members Jessica and Michael Shinn, pianoSonoma fosters next generation professional musicians, and culminates in their annual summer music festival in Sonoma, CA. We are delighted to partner with pianoSonoma in hosting an intimate evening of performances by its select resident musicians including Kara Dugan, Peter Dugan, and Doori Na. Food...
The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 227 W 29 St, New York, NY
An 8-week class covering the songs of Bob Dylan. Learn to sing and play a bunch of his best songs and greatest hits. Open to anybody who knows the basic chords on their instrument (If you know most of the following chords, you'll be fine: G, C, D, A, E, F, Em, Am, Dm, E7, A7, D7, B7. We'll encounter some other chords along the way, but those are enough to start with). Though primarily a guitar class, people are welcome to join with mandolins,...
Through photos, sound recordings, & videos, organist & harpsichordist Nancy Kito presents a brief overview of the keyboard instruments of classical music, all in a non-stuffy, non-intimidating atmosphere. You've SEEN a piano but what the heck is a harpsichord? (you know, that thing Lurch plays) and how does a pipe organ differ from a piano (and did you know that it's not just a church instrument?). Other burning questions...
Sacred Arts Research Foundation
Explore the sound of the Rav Vast with musician, luthier and music teacher, Ricky Hillson. After a Rav Vast/ Handpan performance, Ricky will be leading a workshop on Rav techniques and song development. Drawing from his own compositional techniques, our goal in this class is to grow your ability as a handpan music composer and increase your tonal control. Join us for a gathering of sound and education.
Sacred Arts Research Foundation
Join us for the Artist Ashram, an evolutionary co-creation practice for all ages! Artist Ashram is an artistic haven which nurtures innovation by creating an inner space where creativity flows most freely and each participant may explore his or her true artistic self. In the Artist Ashram, participants experience deep listening, powerful inspiration, and connection to the constant stream of innovation and imagination. With stations for dance (contact...
Sacred Arts Research Foundation
Cultures through out history have recognized the solstices as sacred times, but why? They are times when the dimensions approach each other and doors open between them. It is not simply a time to observe celestial mechanics. It is necessary to become sensitive to the intimate relationships between the sun and the Earth. The approach occurs and the doors open to paths of communication that we may use for healing and spiritual illumination. 12 Noon-1pm...
92nd Street Y @ Online Classroom, New York, NY
In 2016 Bob Dylan became the first songwriter to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, placing him in the company of writers including John Steinbeck, Pablo Neruda and Toni Morrison. Timothy Hampton, professor of literature at UC Berkeley and author of the new book Bob Dylan: How the Songs Work, joins us for a class exploring the poetry, politics, and musical fabric of Dylan’s songs. From the landmark protest songs of the 1960s (“Blowin’...
92nd Street Y @ Online Classroom, New York, NY
Screenwriter David Misch of Mork and Mindy and Saturday Night Live presents a course on music which uses one of the oldest forms of humor: satire. Explore the world of musical satire in a variety of genres, cultures, and eras, especially America since 1950. We’ll cover Horace and Juvenal, opera, Yankee Doodle, slave satire, Gilbert & Sullivan, the Gershwins, the Beatles, Randy Newman, Monty Python, Pete Seeger, Spinal...
92nd Street Y @ Online Classroom, New York, NY
Full course name: Beethoven at 250, A Political Artist in Revolutionary Times Beethoven has long been regarded as a great composer, but lesser understood is that he was also an exceedingly political artist. In this three-session course, taking place 250 years after the composer’s birth in 1770, Dr. William Kinderman, Chair of UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music, will explore Beethoven as a civically engaged thinker faced with a lifetime of severely...
Museum of the City of New York - Public @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
Join us for an unforgettable evening of music with internationally recognized vocalist and New Yorker, Falu at our March edition of Soul of the City: Live @ MCNY. Falu will perform an intimate set with her live band, blending traditional Indian Classical music with a range of modern styles and genres, while incorporating the stories that have impacted her journey in music. Soul of the City: Live @ MCNY is a new series of intimate concerts...
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