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What Music Says About Our Lives--a Celebration! at Aesthetic Realism Foundation
Courtesy of Devorah Tarrow | Posted on December 23, 2014
Where
Aesthetic Realism Foundation
141 Greene Street
New York, NY
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When
Thu, January 1, 2015
6:30 pm
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Musicians
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“What Music Says about Our Lives—a Celebration!” is the title of the exciting public seminar on New Year’s Day, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. It will take place at the Aesthetic Realism Foundation, a not-for-profit educational foundation, at 141 Greene Street, off West Houston St., in SoHo, NYC. The event is from 6:30 to 8 PM, and there is a suggested contribution of $10.
The speakers are musicians and educators. With musical examples from classical to jazz to rock ‘n’ roll—including music by Gershwin and Louis Armstrong, and more—they will present something the philosophy Aesthetic Realism explains: what makes for the beauty of music, and the fact that music shows how we can honestly know and like ourselves. The basis is this landmark principle stated by Eli Siegel, founder of Aesthetic Realism: ...