Shigeru Umebayashi
A sampling of pieces by film composer Shigeru Umebayashi (above)and other like-minded individuals.
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Some of our recent programs:
Two Moons!
Music, lore, song and poetry celebrating this month’s first and second full moon.
Come Away, O Human Child.
As we bid farewell to the beautiful month of June, we sample music drawn from literature.
The Glories of Summer’s Youngest Child, June.
The music of June and it’s most emblematic flower, lupines.
Methuselah
“Methuselah lived 900 years. But who calls that livin’ when no gal will give in, to no man what’s 900 years?”
The Magic Flute
Among other things, a review of Mozart’s Magic Flute with all its Masonic symbolism, as timely today as it when premiered 200 years ago.
May into June
Songs of Spring and the cautious approach of Summer’s tender child, June.
Women’s Voices
A selection of song with an explanation of how, when and why women were pushed out of music.
Benny Carter and Black Ex-Pats in Europe, Part II
A further look into the black American musicians who fled Jim Crow for Europe, and the magnificent music they made.
Oscar Hopefuls
A survey of likely candidates for Best Original Score in this year’s Oscar nominations.
Nursery Music
Music for all ages, not least of which, infants, toddlers and those still in the oven.