Boulder, CO--Lifelong Learning July 13-29 


The Great American Songbook is six lectures at Boulder Valley School District's Lifelong Learning Program. Rod MacDonald is the instructor. Below is a course description. The series meets Tuesday and Thursday, July 13-29, 2010 6:30-8:30 pm at New Vista High, Room #318.

Locations and registration information are below, after the course description.

For further information, please see BVSD's Lifelong Learning website or email shere.holloman@bvsd.org.
For information by phone, call 720-561-3767. The class code is SONG.

The Great American Songbook

Do you ever wonder how great songs play like a soundtrack through your life? Studying such pioneers as Louis Armstrong, Cole Porter, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, the Doors and others, with videos, research and live performance, we will build a Great American Songbook of the songs we remember so deeply, toward a new understanding of these artists and our own soundtrack.   
 
This course will examine the work, biographies and importance of these singers and songs, and attempt to sort myth from reality, using cds, live videos and excerpts from feature films, live performances and a few surprises.  

Living Jazz & Blues: Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby, Stormy Weather

The High Life: Cole Porter, Johnny  Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael

Soul To Spare: Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin

Straight From The Heart: Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt

From Folk to Rock; Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Eric Clapton
On The Bus: Jefferson Airplane, The Doors, The Grateful Dead

Rod MacDonald is a professional singer/songwriter wih thirty-five years’ experience in Greenwich Village, NY and Florida. He has 21 songs in the Smithsonian Folkways collection and 9 solo cds, including “After The War” released in 2009, and “A Few Dylan Songs” with Big Brass Bed. He has 21 songs in the Smithsonian Folkways collection and 9 solo cds, including "After the War" released in 2009. He performs in festivals, clubs and concert venues locally and throughout North America and Europe, and was one of “Ten magnificent musicians of Palm Beach County” by the Palm Beach Post. He is an instructor with Lifelong Learning at Florida Atlantic University since 2006.

   
   

      
      
         
Class Code: SONG         
Tuesday, Thursday 6:30-8:30 pm; 6 sessions starting July 13, 2010, ending July 29, 2010.   Tuition: $95.00

BVSD Community Schools Program
Lifelong Learning
805 Gillaspie Drive, Boulder, CO 80305
Phone: (720) 561-3767   or email    shere.holloman@bvsd.org

      		
   

   
   
   


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