LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS
THE ONE AND ONLY ... ROY ORBISON!
Instantly recognizable by his black sunglasses, hair and clothes, Roy Orbison was a unique pop musician. Learn about his life and career and eventual rise to fame and fortune that included many ups and downs ... and enjoy his stunning songs! More...
NEARER MY GOD TO THEE
The musicians and music of the Titanic.. More...
Also Available - by Category:
MUSIC: POP(ULAR)
- BEATLES COVERS UNCOVERED!
Many early Beatles songs, such as ‘Twist and Shout’ were not Lennon & McCartney compositions but a ‘cover’ (a version not by the original recording artist). This presentation compares the original and Beatles version of classic pop songs of the 1950s and outlines the background of the original performers. More... - WHO COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE?
The lives and wonderful songs of Irving Berlin, George Gershwin and Cole Porter. More...
Of the dozen or so of these songs, ‘I Got Rhythm’ and ‘Fascinating Rhythm’ are among the most well-known. Both of these, along with other equally great ‘rhythm’ songs, will be featured with additional background of the songs, composers, lyricists and original performers. More...
- THE BEATLES: ‘Abbey Road’
The history of the album, its songs and the groundbreaking ‘joined-up’ songs of the second side. More ...
- THE RAT PACK
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr.: their lives, music and how they became the hottest act in 1950s Las Vegas. More...
- THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED
The lives, music and tragic deaths (in a 1959 plane crash) of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper. More ...
- 'THEY SAY IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY'-
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is 50 years old! More ... - BROTHERS & SISTERS IN MUSIC
Righteous, Everly, Isley...Pointer, Staple, Jones - were they really siblings? More ... - FROM RAGTIME TO JAZZ TO ROCK & ROLL More ...
- 'HELLO, GOODBYE'
The Beatles's Last Public Performance More ... - THE BEATLES AND THEIR SONGS
A Musical Revolution More ...
MUSIC: CLASSICAL
- PERFECT STORMS … OF THE MUSICAL VARIETY!
How Beethoven, Rossini, Strauss and Britten use an orchestra to imitate a storm. Learn about the composers, their music styles along with the background and structure of the music. More...
- KÖCHEL AND MOZART
How Austrian lawyer, historian, botanist, poet (and musician) Ludwig von Köchel searched for, organized and catalogued Mozart’s 600+ compositions. More...
- ‘THE SUBJECT IS "MESSIAH"’ [November/December]
First performed 280 years ago, Handel’s oratorio remains a seasonal favorite. This celebration of ‘Messiah’ outlines its creation, the composer’s life and includes a little ‘sing-along’ of its magnificent music. More...
MUSIC: WALES
- 'CYMRAEG 101
Learn Welsh and how to sing three beloved hymns … yn Gymraeg!' More ... - HEN WLAD FY NHADAU:
Wales’ National Anthem – its history and how to sing it :) More ...
MUSIC: WALES / USA
- ALLAN JONES
From the Dark Coal-mine to the Silver Screen More...
- JOSEPH PARRY: HIS LIFE & MUSIC More ...
NON-MUSIC: WALES / USA
- 'RAY MILLAND, RICHARD BURTON, ANTHONY HOPKINS
How three great Welsh actors, born within ten miles of each other, became Hollywood legends' More ... - 'A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES' (Dylan Thomas presentation & reading) More ...
OTHER
- JOHN CURWEN
The Man Who Taught the World to Sing More ... - HUMOR IN MUSIC :)
What makes us laugh? What makes us smile? More ... - CHRISTMAS MUSIC QUIZ
A game-show of audio, visual and verbal yuletide questions, tests and assignments that will challenge your knowledge of the Sounds of the Season :) More ... - DOWNTON ABBEY: The Music & the Era More ...