FRED MILLER DOES FRANK LOESSER

FRED MILLER AND THE MUSIC OF FRANK LOESSER

Pianist and raconteur Fred Miller will perform his popular ”Lectures-In-Song” program  on the music of Frank Loesser on Sunday, December 7, 2014  at 2:00 pm at the Clarence Dillon Public Library.  Fred Miller plays and sings beloved standards from the Frank Loesser songbook with his accompanying trademark blend of insight, anecdotes, and banter.  Frank Loesser was a versatile American composer of musical theatre and popular music. Besides composing the scores for the musicals “Guys and Dolls,” “The Most Happy Fella,”  and “How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying,”  he is well-known for countless classics like “Heart and Soul,” “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” and “I Believe in You.”

Fred Miller is well-known for his “Lecture-In-Song” series on the American Popular Song.  He studied classical piano for many years, but upon hearing Ella Fitzgerald sing Cole Porter, he found his calling and life’s mission.  He studied acting for two years with stage and film legend Geraldine Page and vocal performance with Tony award winner Helen Gallagher.  He has appeared in television commercials and on the radio and has run the Copper Penny Players for many years.

The concert will take place in the downstairs meeting rooms of the library.  Admission is $5.00 which is payable at the door.  Registration is recommended but not required.  Please register by calling the library at 908-234-2325 or by email ref@dillonlibrary.org or in person at the circulation desk.

The Clarence Dillon Public Library (www.clarencedillonpl.org) is located at 2336 Lamington Road in Bedminster, New Jersey.

                                                       

WOODY ALLEN AND THE ART OF INFIDELTY

Chris Messineo, director of the New Jersey Film School, will lecture on film director/actor Woody Allen and the subject of infidelity in his films on Sunday, November 16, 2014 at 2:00 pm.  Using film clips and his own expert insights, he will focus on Woody Allen’s signature style and obsession with romantic entanglement and transience. 

Chris Messineo is an award- winning actor and director.  He is the founder of Off Stage Films, an independent production company, and is a frequent lecturer on film history.

The lecture will take place in the downstairs meeting rooms of the library.  Admission is $5.00 which is payable at the door.  Registration is recommended but not required.   Please register by calling the library at 908-234-2325 or by email ref@dillonlibrary.org or in person at the circulation desk. 

MENDELSSOHN LECTURE

Composer Felix Mendelssohn is the subject of a lecture at the Clarence Dillon Public Library on Sunday, November 9, 2014 at 2:00 pm.  Sandy Putnam, library director and frequent classical music lecturer, will cover Mendelssohn’s most beautiful works and his huge influence over all of 19^th century music.A local middle school piano virtuoso will join Sandy in exploring Mendelssohn's music. 

Felix Mendelssohn was a prolific and gifted composer who has been regarded by many as the 19^th century equivalent of Mozart.  His “Wedding March” from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” has accompanied many a bride down the aisle.  Besides a composer, he was a talented pianist and conductor and founded the Leipzig Conservatory of Music.

The program will be held in the downstairs meeting rooms of the library.  Admission is free.  Enrollment is suggested but not required.  To enroll, please call the library at 908-234-2325 or email ref@dillonlibrary.org.

WHY NOT WOMEN?

Noted art historian Barbara Tomlinson of Princeton, New Jersey will present a lecture entitled “Why Not Women?” at the Clarence Dillon Public Library on Sunday, October 26, 2014 at 2:00 pm.  With her customary insight, engaging anecdote, and cultural perspective, she looks at extraordinary female artists who blossomed following the late 19^th century “door opening” to women in the arts. 

The lecture will take place in the downstairs meeting rooms of the library.  Admission is $5.00 which is payable at the door.  Registration is recommended but not required.   Please register by calling the library at 908-234-2325 or by email ref@dillonlibrary.org or in person at the circulation desk. 

PIANIST MISUZU TANAKA

Pianist Misuzu Tanaka will perform a program of works by Bach, Haydn, Chopin, and Schumann at the Clarence Dillon Public Library on Sunday, October 5, 2014.  The recital will begin at 2:00 pm.  Ms. Tanaka studied piano at the Julliard School with Martin Canin and chamber music with Jacob Lateiner, Seymour Lipkin, and Robert Mann.  She holds a Masters in Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the University of Michigan.  She has performed at Lincoln Center, Washington’s Kennedy Center, and across Europe and Japan.   She has established herself as an artist of remarkable individuality with a rare combination of poetic sensitivity and breathtaking virtuosity. 

The program will take place in the downstairs meeting rooms of the library.  Admission is $5.00 which is payable at the door.  Registration is requested but not required.    Please register by calling the library at 908-234-2325 or by email ref@dillonlibrary.org or in person at the circulation desk.