Rod MacDonald Workshops & Lectures
Here is the current catalog of Rod MacDonald workshops and lectures as of April 7, 2010.

FAU Lifelong Learning: Music Americana--The Great American Songbook
Four lectures in May-June 2010 at Florida Atlantic University campuses in Jupiter and Boca Raton, FL.

Jupiter Campus Wednesdays, June 9, 16, 23, 30 2:00 - 3:45 pm Course # SSW2  –  Four Week Course  Fee:  $34/member; $44/non-member Registration Info call (561) 799 8563 or click here	Boca Raton Campus Fridays, 5/21 (no 5/28, 6/4), 6/11, 18, 25   1 – 2:45 pm Course # M51 - Four week course Fee: $28 per member/$38 per non-member Registration Info call  561-297-3171 or click here
Legends in American Music: Film & Music 1. Duel of the Divas:  Billie Holliday, Diana Ross, Lady Sings the Blues 2. Bob Dylan, Movie Star:   Don’t Look Back, I’m Not There 3. Roots Music in the Big Time:   Muddy Waters, Cadillac Records 4. The Beatles in the Movies: Help!, A Hard Day’s Night, Yellow Submarine	Legends in American Music: Between The Lines 1.  The Talent Scouts: John Hammond, Ahmet Ertegun 2.  We’ll Sing in the Sunshine: Beach Boys, CSN & Y, The Eagles 3.  Speaking Truth to Power: Bob Dylan, The Dixie Chicks, Bono 4. Folk Singing in the 21st Century: Dan Zanes, Bruce Springsteen

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BVSD Lifelong Learning
Six lectures, T-Th 6:30 pm July 13-29 Lifelong Learning program of the Boulder Valley School District, Boulder, CO. Click here for prospectus and course information.

Other Lectures
Rod gives freelance lectures at community associations and libraries...recent topics have included live performance/lectures such as "Songs of Greenwich Village" (solo),  "The Life & Times of Bob Dylan," (solo or with Big Brass Bed), and "The Search for the Birth of Rock & Roll" (solo or with The Humdingers).....Lectures using dvds and video materials include "The Beatles: Coming to America," "Cole Porter/Johnny Mercer," "Frank Sinatra" and many other topics.

Songwriting Workshops
"Songwriting For Self Expression" and "Songwriting & Current Events" are workshops for beginning thru advanced songwriters, to inspire and sharpen each participant's skills and ability to express oneself. These are not workshops in writing commercial songs, although some may emerge from it from time to time. Rod has led workshops at the New York Open Center, the Amp Shop in West Palm Beach, and has also taught songwriting workshops at Common Ground on the Hill, the Southeast Unitarian-Universalist Summer Institute, the Endicott (NY) Arts Center, festivals and arts venues.

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