Saturday, September 27th, 10 am – 12 pm, Highfield Hall, 56 Highfield Drive, Falmouth, MA 02540. $20 for Highfield Hall members, $25 for non-members. See JazzFestFalmouth.org for tickets and information.
The unique musical form and genre known as “The Blues” was birthed at the end of the 19th century. Growing from the spirituals, field hollers, work songs and chanting of African slaves working on southern plantations, the Blues eventually joined jazz, rhythm & blues and rock & roll as one of the most favored American sounds. This lecture will feature a plethora of original blues stars, as well as recordings and clips of their music....
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Saturday, September 27th, 10 am – 12 pm, Highfield Hall, 56 Highfield Drive, Falmouth, MA 02540. $20 for Highfield Hall members, $25 for non-members. See JazzFestFalmouth.org for tickets and information.
The unique musical form and genre known as “The Blues” was birthed at the end of the 19th century. Growing from the spirituals, field hollers, work songs and chanting of African slaves working on southern plantations, the Blues eventually joined jazz, rhythm & blues and rock & roll as one of the most favored American sounds. This lecture will feature a plethora of original blues stars, as well as recordings and clips of their music.
Steinway Artist Robert Wyatt has performed throughout the United States and internationally, gathering critical acclaim for sensitive and colorful solo and chamber music recitals. Featured on NPR and PBS broadcasts, Mr. Wyatt has also performed at the Kennedy Center, the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the 92nd Street Y and Steinway Hall in New York, and Boston’s Jordan Hall and the Museum of Fine Arts.
He has been a lecture/recitalist for the Smithsonian Institution for twenty years and served as an exhibition artist for their Piano 300 exhibition in 2000. As a “Smithsonian Scholar,” Mr. Wyatt has presented musical programs in school systems under the sponsorship of the Ford Foundation.
In 1987, Wyatt discovered several unpublished piano preludes by George Gershwin, and in the ensuing years has pursued research that has established him as one of the nation's foremost Gershwin scholars. His book, The George Gershwin Reader, was published by Oxford University Press in 2004. Mr. Wyatt is currently the Director of Music at Highfield Hall in Falmouth, Massachusetts.
The seventh annual JazzFest Falmouth runs September 27th through October 8th featuring concerts, recitals, and the popular free Jazz Stroll down Main Street on Friday on October 3rd. For tickets and more information about the full JazzFest lineup, go to www.JazzFestFalmouth.org. JazzFest Falmouth is a production of ArtsFalmouth, Inc.
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