Press Release - January 11, 2008
LEARN THE MANY INFLUENCES OF NATURE ON MUSIC AT FEBRUARY LECTURE SERIES SPONSORED BY BAY-ATLANTIC SYMPHONY
“Nature’s Influence on Western Music” will be the topic of the January installment of the free monthly music lectures by Paul M. Somers, sponsored by the Bay-Atlantic Symphony.
The affect physics has as the basis for Western music will be explored, including how physics affects the production of pitches. Also discussed will be how Western composers have reciprocated by depicting nature—the sea, storms, dawn or sunset, the flowing of a river, and a waterfall--in the music they compose.
The lectures will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 6, at the Atlantic County Library, 306 E. Jimmie Leeds Road., Galloway Township (date change for February only); on Tuesday, February 19, at the Millville Public Library, 210 Buck St., Millville; and on Tuesday, February 26, at the Avalon Free Public Library, 235 32nd St., Avalon.
Subsequent lectures will deal with such topics as holidays in music, a question-and-answer session, and a “Fresh Ears” experience.
Somers, is a composer, performer, founder of the Classical New Jersey Society and Maurice River Music, and was a reviewer for the Star-Ledger.
The lectures are co-sponsored by the libraries in which they given.
For further information, call the Bay-Atlantic Symphony at (856) 451-1169, or Somers at Maurice River Music at (856) 506-0580. For the Cumberland County series, you can also call the Millville Public Library at (856) 825-7087; for the Atlantic County series, you can also call the Atlantic County Library at (609) 652-2352; and, for the Cape May County series, you can also call the Avalon Free Public Library at (609) 967-7155.