Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Music
Monthly Lectures by Paul Mack Somers
Presented free to the public by the Bay-Atlantic Symphony and the libraries at which the lectures are given.
Avalon Free Public Library, 235 32nd St., Avalon. 609-967-7155
Margate Public Library, Bloom Pavilion, 8100 Atlantic Avenue, Margate. 609-822-4700
Bay-Atlantic Symphony 856-451-1169 Paul Mack Somers 856-506-0580; somerspaulm(at)gmail.com
Summer 2011 Lecture Series
JUNE
"Composers and war"
From the early renaissance to Vietnam, composers have responded in various ways.
Thursday, June 30, Avalon
JULY
"Crossing the Pond"
The influences back and forth between America and Europe.
Thursday, July 7, Margate
Thursday, July 14, Avalon
(a pre-co ncert talk for the Bay-Atlantic Symphony performance on Saturday, July 16, in Avalon)
Thursday, July 21, Margate: "Composers and war"
From the early renaissance to Vietnam, composers have responded in various ways.
AUGUST
"Composers on vacation"
What happens when a composer leaves home for a very different place?
Thursday, August 18, Margate
Thursday, August 25, Avalon
(a pre-co ncert talk for the Bay-Atlantic Symphony performance on Saturday, August 27, in Avalon)
SEPTEMBER
"The Seasons in music"
How composers go about depicting the seasons of the year in pictorial music.
Thursday, September 1, Margate
Thursday, September 8, Avalon
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Music
Monthly Lectures by Paul Mack Somers
Presented free to the public by the Bay-Atlantic Symphony and the libraries at which the lectures are given.
First Tuesdays: Monroe Township Library in Williamstown, 713 Marsha Avenue, Williamstown, 856-629-1212, 7:00 pm
Second Tuesdays: Ocean City Public Library, Rm. 110, 1735 Simpson Avenue, Ocean City, 609-399-2434, 6:30 pm
Third Tuesdays: Millville Public Library, Gant Room, 210 Buck St., Millville. 856-825-7087, 6:30 pm
Third Thursdays: Margate Public Library, Bloom Pavilion, 8100 Atlantic Avenue, Margate. 609-822-4700, 6:30 pm
Bay-Atlantic Symphony 856-451-1169 Paul Mack Somers 856-506-0580 somerspaulm(at)gmail.com
Lecture Series 2011-2012
Fall: Four late romantics and their followers
SEPTEMBER
"Wagner and the 'Music of the Future'"
A watershed in music.
Tuesday, September 6, 7:00 pm, Williamstown
Tuesday, September 13, 6:30 pm, Ocean City
Thursday, September 15, 6:30 pm, Margate
Tuesday, September 20, 6:30 pm, Millville
OCTOBER
"Mahler's worlds collide"
Intentional autobiography in music.
Tuesday, October 4, 7:00 pm, Williamstown
Tuesday, October 11, 6:30 pm, Ocean City
Tuesday, October 18, 6:30 pm, Millville
Thursday, October 20, 6:30 pm, Margate
NOVEMBER
"Ives' worlds merge"
The fourth dimension appears in transcendental form.
Tuesday, November 1, 7:00 pm, Williamstown
Tuesday, November 8, 6:30 pm, Ocean City
Tuesday, November 15, 6:30 pm, Millville
Thursday, November 17, 6:30 pm, Margate
DECEMBER
"Sibelius's worlds evolve"
Organic music in which the flowers do not look like the roots.
Tuesday, December 6, 7:00 pm, Williamstown
Tuesday, December 13, 6:30 pm, Ocean City
Thursday, December 15, 6:30 pm, Margate
Tuesday, December 20, 6:30 pm, Millville
Winter
JANUARY
"The joys of chamber music"
Social music becomes serious, spreading to a concert audience.
Tuesday, January 3, 7:00 pm, Williamstown
Tuesday, January 10, 6:30 pm, Ocean City
Tuesday, January 17, 6:30 pm, Millville
Thursday, January 19, 6:30 pm, Margate
FEBRUARY
"Improvisation — making it up as you go along"
It isn’t just for jazz.
Tuesday, February 7, 7:00 pm, Williamstown
Tuesday, February, 14, 6:30 pm, Ocean City
Thursday, February 16, 6:30 pm, Margate
Tuesday, February 21, 6:30 pm, Millville
MARCH
"Music in space - architecture's influences"
How composers use the performing space as part of the music.
Tuesday, March 6, 7:00 pm, Williamstown
Tuesday, March 13, 6:30 pm, Ocean City
Thursday, March 15, 6:30 pm, Margate
Tuesday, March 20, 6:30 pm, Millville
Spring
APRIL
“Okay, Here’s What I Missed”
All questions submitted to <<somerspaulm(at)gmail.com>> before April 1
will be answered. If there is something you think everyone else knows, but
you somehow missed, now is the time to get to know about it.
Tuesday, April 3, 7:00 pm, Williamstown
Tuesday, April 10, 6:30 pm, Ocean City
Tuesday, April 17, 6:30 pm, Millville
Thursday, April 19, 6:30 pm, Margate
MAY
“The Listener Owns It: Fresh Ears ® Experience”
The listeners hear unfamiliar music and respond to it without any
preconceptions. This is not a “guess the composer” competition, but a
chance to say what you like or dislike without any “politically correct”
considerations. All is revealed in the end.
Tuesday, May 1, 7:00 pm, Williamstown
Tuesday, May 8, 6:30 pm, Ocean City
Tuesday, May 15, 6:30 pm, Millville
Thursday, May 17, 6:30 pm, Margate