Topic: HENRY PURCELL: ORPHEUS BRITANNICUS.
This will be the first in a new subseries: Some of Tom's Favorites. Tom has dozens of favorite musicians (and actors and poets and painters and dancers and...) So let's start with England's greatest native composer (some would say), who produced in his 36 years a large body of charming, daring, hyper-expressive and exciting music- I hope you'll come to admire and love him as much as I do.
Speaker: Professor Tom Benjamin
All are welcome; technical knowledge of music is not needed. This is the 26th monthly lecture.
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Tom Benjamin, a new TVIH member and distinguished musician and educator, will offer a series of music education lectures for music lovers. If you like to sing,, play an instrument, or just enjoy listening to music, this program is for you. This program is free and open to TVIH members and the public.
Our Speaker:
Tom Benjamin is a composer, music theorist, conductor and performer- only because he can't decide what he wants to do when he grows up. He tau ght music theory and composition for far too many years at the University of Houston, the National Music Camp (Interlochen) and the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins, where he chaired the Theory Department. Tom has just retired from a wonderful 30-year gig as Minister of Music at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbia. He's looking forward to a new and very different kind of teaching with the swift folks at TVIH.
Alan Coltri and Laurie Coltri will provide technical assistance in the zoom meeting room.
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To join the zoom meeting, you must register.
A meeting link will be emailed to you after you register.
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