Robert
Butts
conductor
composer
educator
composer
educator
Mondays, 9:30-10:30 AM, March 30-May 4, Leisure Learning, Bernards Township Library, 32 South Maple Ave., Basking RIdge, New Jersey. Music discussed includes Piano Concerto #4 by Ludwig van Beethoven, Requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Cello Concerto by Franz Joseph Haydn, Symphony #8 by Antonin Dvořák, Viola Concerto by Maestro Butts, and Violin Concerto by Johannes Brahms. 908- 204-3031. For further information and to register, click here.
Fridays, 10:30-11:30 AM, March 27, April10-24, Lifetime Learning, Washington Township Public Library, 37 East Springtown Road, Long Valley, New Jersey. Developing An American Sound: 1920-1945, The Jazz Age, The Depression, and World War II were marked by musical creativity in many directions including jazz, swing, country, pop, symphonic, Broadway, opera, and folk. Legendary artists, composers, and songwriters created works that are still popular today and have influenced generations of listeners and musicians. 908-876-3596. For further information and to register, click here.
Wednesdays, 1:00-2:30 PM, April 15-May 6, All That Jazz: Music 1920s-1950s, Kemmerer Library, Harding Township, 19 Blue Mill Road, New Vernon, New Jersey. The Jazz Age, The Depression, and World War II were marked by musical creativity in many directions including jazz, swing, country, pop, symphonic, Broadway, opera, and folk. Legendary artists, composers, and songwriters created works that are still popular today and have influenced generations of listeners and musicians. Everything changed in 1945 creating the styles that would develop in the 50s and 60s. 973-443-9222. For further information and to register, click here.
Mondays, 1:00-2:30 PM, February 23-March 23, Monday Afternoons at the Opera, Kemmerer Library, Harding Township, 19 Blue Mill Road, New Vernon, New Jersey. Operas to be discussed include Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Il giorno di regno by Giuseppe Verdi, Romeo et Juliette by Charles Gounod, Tristan und Isolde by RIchard Wagner, and War and Peace by Sergei Prokofiev. 973-443-9222. For further information and to register, click here.
Tuesday, 11:15-12:15, February 24, Jewish Immigration and American Music, JCC of Central New Jersey, 1391 Martine Avenue, Scotch Plains, New Jersey. 908-889-8800 x207. For further information, click here.
Fridays, 7:30-9:00 PM, April 10-May8, Friday Night at the Opera, Bernards Township Library, 32 South Maple Ave., Basking RIdge, New Jersey. Operas to be discussed include Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven, Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi, Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner, and Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten. 908- 204-3031. Click here for further information to be posted soon.
Fridays, 2:00-3:30 PM. May 8-29, Music of the 1960s, Parsippany Public Library, 449 Halsey Road, Parsippany, New Jersey. 973-887-5150. For further information and to register, click here.
Tuesdays, 1:30-3:00 PM, June 2-30, Madison Mini-Course, Madison Public Library, 39 Keep Street, Madison, New Jersey, Course to be determined. 973-377-0722. For further information and to register, click here.
