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LIST OF PROGRAMS
SINGING STRING MUSIC PERFORMANCE/PRODUCTION/PUBLISHING/STUDIO CONCERTS, WORKSHOPS & RESIDENCIES
SPECIALISTS IN 19TH- & 20TH-CENTURY MUSIC FROM PARLOR AND STAGE
AMERICAN & CELTIC TRADITIONS
PERIOD INSTRUMENTS **** HISTORICALLY-INFORMED PERFORMANCE
ALL PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED IN "CONCERT & COMMENTARY" FORMAT.
COSTUMES & STORYTELLING CAN BE INCLUDED WHEN APPROPRIATE.
CONCERTS OUR CONCERTS WILL FILL MANY VARIED PROGRAMMING NEEDS ... FROM COFFEEHOUSE AND CONCERT AUDIENCES TO GROUPS WITH SPECIALIZED INTERESTS.
HISTORICAL PROGRAMS **** MULTI-ERA PROGRAMS
AMERICAN MUSIC WEEK PROGRAMS ... AMERICAN MUSIC PROGRAMS CAN BE BUILT AROUND NEARLY ANY TOPIC OR EVENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY OR CULTURE.
THE ROOTS OF AMERICAN POP MUSIC: BLUES, JAZZ, & TIN PAN ALLEY
SONGS OF RIVER & SEA
THE IMPULSE TO SOAR: MUSIC BY, FOR, & ABOUT WOMEN
THE AMERICAN MUSICAL STAGE: MIRROR OF AMERICA
"WHAT A WEAPON IS THE BALLOT!!" POLITICAL CAMPAIGN SONGS FROM WASHINGTON TO NIXON
"WHY ARE THEY WANTING THE VOTE?" WOMEN'S RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS
"SLIDE, KELLY, SLIDE" -- SONGS FROM BASEBALL'S FIRST FIFTY YEARS
NINETEENTH CENTURY (1790-1920)
"WE ARE AMUSED" - SONGS AND STORIES OF VICTORIAN AMERICA SPECIAL VERSION: MOTHER, DEATH & FURNITURE; THE FAMILY IN AMERICAN VICTORIAN PARLOR SONG
THE CIVIL WAR: FROM CAUSE TO COST
"LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE" - VICTORIANS & THE SEA
"MARKET LASS"-- A THEATRICAL LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA (Eliza Poe)
TWENTIETH CENTURY (1920-PRESENT)
"MY TIME IS TODAY": THE SONGS & STORY OF GEORGE GERSHWIN
BLOWIN' IN THE WIND: MUSIC & MOVEMENTS OF THE AMERICAN 1960s
GERSHWIN, PORTER, & BERLIN: AMERICAN CLASSICS
A CELEBRATION OF LIBERTY: MUSIC OF WASHINGTON, LINCOLN, & MARTIN LUTHER KING
"SOME OF THESE DAYS" -- ROARIN' TUNEFULLY THROUGH THE '20s
"GIVE ME THE SIMPLE LIFE": AMERICAN LIFE & LOVE SONGS OF THE 1940s
CELTIC ROOTS AND BRANCHES: CELTIC MUSIC IN AMERICA
SPOOK SONGS: THE SUPERNATURAL IN CELTIC, BRITISH ISLES, & AMERICAN BALLADRY
***SEE ALSO OUR SEASONAL PROGRAMS!
SHAKESPEARE SONG FESTIVAL
CLASSES, SEMINARS, & RESIDENCIES
AMERICAN HISTORY THRU MUSIC ™
OUR ORIGINAL, AND STILL MOST POPULAR, COURSE.
A Musical and Historical Journey from Renaissance England and early colonial era through the American 1920s; live performance, lecture, and discussion
SELECTED TOPICS IN MUSIC, ART, LITERATURE, & HISTORY
An eclectic collection of musical and historical topics; live performance, lecture, and discussion
SHORTER SERIES
A MUSICAL/HISTORICAL EXPLORATION OF GROUP SINGING
AMERICAN VOICES: VICTORIAN TO VICTROLA
MUSIC & THE LEARNING PROCESS (A TEACHER WORKSHOP )
"HISTORY'S NO MYSTERY TO ME!"SONGWRITING WORKSHOPS WITH CHILDREN
MUSICAL THEATRE WORKSHOPS WITH CHILDREN: WRITING AND PRESENTING AN ORIGINAL MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION
PROGRAMS CAN BE DESIGNED FOR SPECIFIC ANNIVERSARIES,
LOCAL HISTORY TOPICS, OR EVENTS.
MORE PROGRAMS
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photo credits: Lang Photography, Hartford, Ct.(both). Thanks to Harriet Beecher Stowe House/Stowe-Day Foundation
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