Topic: Modern Dance and Its Music
Speaker: Professor Tom Benjamin
In this session we'll focus on modern dance (and modern ballet) and its music, from Stravinsky on, featuring some of the great companies and dancers, from the Ballets Russes, Martha Graham, Denishawn, Isadora Duncan, up through Paul Taylor, Alvin Ailey, Pilobolus, Bejart, New York City Ballet, Twyla Tharp and more. And of course Miss Piggy in Swine Lake.
No pointe work required!
All are welcome; technical knowledge of music is not needed. This is the 33rd 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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