The Hutton House Lectures/LIU Post Campus
I am very happy to be back at Hutton House. Continuing with Broadway Musicals class for the winter of 2018, and planning more Opera and Broadway in the spring with favorite female performers during thesummer. I appreciate my loyal following...and I just wish time allowed me to do more!
Thanks to you everyone, and I hope to see you soon.
Courses
2018
July 5 -26 More Divas, Dolls & Dames: Ginger Rogers, Ingrid Bergman,
Angela Lansbury and Renee Fleming
April 26 & May 3 The Tenors of Today
April 5, 12 & 19 The Musicals of Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick
February 1 -22 The Musicals of Jerry Herman
2017
September 26 - October 10 America's Mezzos: Bumbry, Horne, Troyanos, Verrett, & Von Stade
September 5, 12 & 19 Lerner & Loewe on Brodawy
July 24, 31, August 7 & 14 A Broadway Showcase: Stars of Broadway Musicals
May 3, 10, 24 & 31 Tenors and Sopranos: Voices of Opera
February 21 - March 28 The Musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein - 6 classes
2016
October 21- November 18 Musicals of the 1960's, 5 classes
September 9 - 30 Ladies of Verismo Opera, 4 classes
July 6 - 27 More Divas, Dolls and Dames: Lauren Bacall, Dorothy Kirsten, Greer Garson, Ann Miller, Rosalind Russell and Elaine Stritch, 4 classes
April 1 - 8 Shakespeare in Opera, 2 classes
2015
March 12 - April 17 Opera: Bel Canto, 5 classes
February 23 - March 23 Entertainment Legends: Jolson, Garland, Bacharach, Hamlish, Streisand, Horne, Crosby & Sinatra, 5 classes
January 9 - 30 Film's Greatest Dancers: Fred, Ginger, Gene and Cyd, 4 classes
2014
October 27 - November 24 Vocal Works: Opera and Beyond - 5 classes
September 9 - October 13 Divas, Dolls and Dames: Legendary Ladies of Entertainment - 6 classes
July 3 - July 31 1930's Hollywood: Stars and Forgotten Faces - 5 classes
June 23 - July 13 American Opera - 4 classes
April 21- May 19 Broadway's Legendary Creators: Berlin, Kern, Gershwin, Porter & Fields
March 7 - April 4 The Operas of Giacomo Puccini - 5 classes
February 10 - March 10 Broadway Musicals: Great Performers in Great Roles - 5 classes
January 6 - 13 Philadanco: A residency program with Philadelphia Dance Company teaching artists Kim Bears-Bailey and Roxanne Lyst - 2 classes
2013
November 25 - December 2 Mark Twain Tonight! - 2 classes
October 18 - November 22 The Verdi Operas - 6 classes
September 9 - October 14 The Musicals of Rodgers & Hammerstein - 6 classes
July 30 - August 20 The Best of Hollywood: Dunne, Grant, Garland & Rooney - 4 classes
June 18 - July 16 Opera Ensembles - 5 classes
March 25 - May 6 The Wagner Operas - 6 classes
January 28 - March 4 Musicals of the 1970's - 6 classes
2012
October 22 - November 26 The Great Musicals of the 1950's - Six Classes
October 5 - November 2 Great Operas - Five Classes
September 7 - 26 Great Operas - Five Classes
July 31 - August 21 Great Dancers: Astaire, Rogers, Kelly, Fosse & Verdon - Four Classes
June 19 -July 10 Voices of Opera - Five Classes
June 19 -July 10 Voices of Opera - Five Classes
April 13 - May 11 Great Italian Opera II - Five Classes
March 19 - April 16 Wagner’s Ring Cycle - Five Classes
February 6 - March 5 Great Musicals of the 1960’s - Five Classes
January 9 - 30 Clash of Cultures in the Musical - Four Classes
2011
October 21 The Latino in the Broadway Musical - One class
September 26 - October 24 Great Italian Opera I - Five Classes
July 7 -July 28 Opera Personalities - Four Classes
June 9 - June 16 The Musicals of Bock & Harnick - Three Classes
April 25 - May 16 The Slavic Operas - Four Classes
March 21 - April 11 The Musical in the New Century - Four Classes
January 19 - February 4 Piloblus: A Community Project - Eight Classes
January 19 & 26 Pilobolus: A Viewer’s Guide - Two Classes
January 3 - January 31 Great Book Musicals of the 1950’s - Five Classes
2010
October 25 -November 15 The Slavic Operas - Four Classes
September 13 - October 11 French Opera - Five Class
June 24 The Musicals of Stephen Sondheim - Lecture
June 17 The Works of Lerner & Loewe - Lecture
June 10 Bernstein on Broadway - Lecture
June 3 The Rodgers & Hammerstein Era -Lecture
April 19 - May 19 The Musical as Social Commentary - Six Classes
January 11 - February 8 The Mozart Operas - Five Classes
2009
November 2 – December 7 German Opera - 6 classes
September 14 – October 19 The Broadway Musical - 5 classes
November 12 Beverly Sills: All American Diva - Lecture (Plainview Library)
October 22 Bernstein on Broadway - Lecture (Plainview Library)
September 17 Lerner & Loewe - Lecture (Plainview Library)
July 8 Beverly Sills: All American Diva - Lecture
June 15 – July 20 Broadway: The Golden Years (1943 -1959) - 6 classes
April 13 – May 11 From Play to Musical - 5 classes
February 13 – 27 Sweeney Todd: from Stage to Screen - 3 classes
February 9 – March 9 Italian Opera - 5 classes
2008
September 8 – October 13 The Works of Stephen Sondheim - 6 classes
September 12 – October 3 Seminar on Leonard Bernstein - 4 classes
June 16 – July 14 The Rodgers & Hammerstein Era - 5 classes
April 7 – May 5 The Rodgers & Hammerstein Era - 5 classes
February 4 – March 3 The Ethnic Musicals - 5 classes
2007
November 7 – December 10 Broadway: Tradition and Change (1960 -1979) - 6 classes
October 1 – October 29 Broadway: the Golden Years (1943 -1959) - 5 classes
February 26 – March 26 Broadway: the Golden Years (1943 -1959) - 5 classes
2006
October 26 – November 16 Discovering Puccini - 4 classes
March 29 – May 3 The Works of Stephen Sondheim - 5 classes
2018
July 5 -26 More Divas, Dolls & Dames: Ginger Rogers, Ingrid Bergman,
Angela Lansbury and Renee Fleming
April 26 & May 3 The Tenors of Today
April 5, 12 & 19 The Musicals of Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick
February 1 -22 The Musicals of Jerry Herman
2017
September 26 - October 10 America's Mezzos: Bumbry, Horne, Troyanos, Verrett, & Von Stade
September 5, 12 & 19 Lerner & Loewe on Brodawy
July 24, 31, August 7 & 14 A Broadway Showcase: Stars of Broadway Musicals
May 3, 10, 24 & 31 Tenors and Sopranos: Voices of Opera
February 21 - March 28 The Musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein - 6 classes
2016
October 21- November 18 Musicals of the 1960's, 5 classes
September 9 - 30 Ladies of Verismo Opera, 4 classes
July 6 - 27 More Divas, Dolls and Dames: Lauren Bacall, Dorothy Kirsten, Greer Garson, Ann Miller, Rosalind Russell and Elaine Stritch, 4 classes
April 1 - 8 Shakespeare in Opera, 2 classes
2015
March 12 - April 17 Opera: Bel Canto, 5 classes
February 23 - March 23 Entertainment Legends: Jolson, Garland, Bacharach, Hamlish, Streisand, Horne, Crosby & Sinatra, 5 classes
January 9 - 30 Film's Greatest Dancers: Fred, Ginger, Gene and Cyd, 4 classes
2014
October 27 - November 24 Vocal Works: Opera and Beyond - 5 classes
September 9 - October 13 Divas, Dolls and Dames: Legendary Ladies of Entertainment - 6 classes
July 3 - July 31 1930's Hollywood: Stars and Forgotten Faces - 5 classes
June 23 - July 13 American Opera - 4 classes
April 21- May 19 Broadway's Legendary Creators: Berlin, Kern, Gershwin, Porter & Fields
March 7 - April 4 The Operas of Giacomo Puccini - 5 classes
February 10 - March 10 Broadway Musicals: Great Performers in Great Roles - 5 classes
January 6 - 13 Philadanco: A residency program with Philadelphia Dance Company teaching artists Kim Bears-Bailey and Roxanne Lyst - 2 classes
2013
November 25 - December 2 Mark Twain Tonight! - 2 classes
October 18 - November 22 The Verdi Operas - 6 classes
September 9 - October 14 The Musicals of Rodgers & Hammerstein - 6 classes
July 30 - August 20 The Best of Hollywood: Dunne, Grant, Garland & Rooney - 4 classes
June 18 - July 16 Opera Ensembles - 5 classes
March 25 - May 6 The Wagner Operas - 6 classes
January 28 - March 4 Musicals of the 1970's - 6 classes
2012
October 22 - November 26 The Great Musicals of the 1950's - Six Classes
October 5 - November 2 Great Operas - Five Classes
September 7 - 26 Great Operas - Five Classes
July 31 - August 21 Great Dancers: Astaire, Rogers, Kelly, Fosse & Verdon - Four Classes
June 19 -July 10 Voices of Opera - Five Classes
June 19 -July 10 Voices of Opera - Five Classes
April 13 - May 11 Great Italian Opera II - Five Classes
March 19 - April 16 Wagner’s Ring Cycle - Five Classes
February 6 - March 5 Great Musicals of the 1960’s - Five Classes
January 9 - 30 Clash of Cultures in the Musical - Four Classes
2011
October 21 The Latino in the Broadway Musical - One class
September 26 - October 24 Great Italian Opera I - Five Classes
July 7 -July 28 Opera Personalities - Four Classes
June 9 - June 16 The Musicals of Bock & Harnick - Three Classes
April 25 - May 16 The Slavic Operas - Four Classes
March 21 - April 11 The Musical in the New Century - Four Classes
January 19 - February 4 Piloblus: A Community Project - Eight Classes
January 19 & 26 Pilobolus: A Viewer’s Guide - Two Classes
January 3 - January 31 Great Book Musicals of the 1950’s - Five Classes
2010
October 25 -November 15 The Slavic Operas - Four Classes
September 13 - October 11 French Opera - Five Class
June 24 The Musicals of Stephen Sondheim - Lecture
June 17 The Works of Lerner & Loewe - Lecture
June 10 Bernstein on Broadway - Lecture
June 3 The Rodgers & Hammerstein Era -Lecture
April 19 - May 19 The Musical as Social Commentary - Six Classes
January 11 - February 8 The Mozart Operas - Five Classes
2009
November 2 – December 7 German Opera - 6 classes
September 14 – October 19 The Broadway Musical - 5 classes
November 12 Beverly Sills: All American Diva - Lecture (Plainview Library)
October 22 Bernstein on Broadway - Lecture (Plainview Library)
September 17 Lerner & Loewe - Lecture (Plainview Library)
July 8 Beverly Sills: All American Diva - Lecture
June 15 – July 20 Broadway: The Golden Years (1943 -1959) - 6 classes
April 13 – May 11 From Play to Musical - 5 classes
February 13 – 27 Sweeney Todd: from Stage to Screen - 3 classes
February 9 – March 9 Italian Opera - 5 classes
2008
September 8 – October 13 The Works of Stephen Sondheim - 6 classes
September 12 – October 3 Seminar on Leonard Bernstein - 4 classes
June 16 – July 14 The Rodgers & Hammerstein Era - 5 classes
April 7 – May 5 The Rodgers & Hammerstein Era - 5 classes
February 4 – March 3 The Ethnic Musicals - 5 classes
2007
November 7 – December 10 Broadway: Tradition and Change (1960 -1979) - 6 classes
October 1 – October 29 Broadway: the Golden Years (1943 -1959) - 5 classes
February 26 – March 26 Broadway: the Golden Years (1943 -1959) - 5 classes
2006
October 26 – November 16 Discovering Puccini - 4 classes
March 29 – May 3 The Works of Stephen Sondheim - 5 classes
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Dominican
Village I am pleased to have been invited to do a series of evenings at Dominican Village in Amityville. I will present talks on some of Broadway's greatest creators: Rodgers & Hammerstein, Cole Porter and George Gershwin. Talks are planned on Wednesdays August 10, September 28 and October 12 for the residents. We just added Irving Berlin for December 14 to celebrate the holidays. I am looking forward to sharing my knowledge and enthusiasm with some new friends. |
The New York Council for the Humanities
Speakers in the Humanities
I recently ended my tenure as a Speaker in the Humanities through the New York Council for the Humanities. Launched in 1983, the Speakers in the Humanities program brings the best in humanities scholarship to thousands of people at hundreds of cultural organizations in virtually every corner of New York. I was fortunate to offer some very popular topics from 2007 through 2015:
The Rodgers and Hammerstein Era:
Reinventing Musical Theater
The Ethnic Musicals: Assimilation and Integration
The Latino in the Broadway Musical
These talks are still available privately.
I recently ended my tenure as a Speaker in the Humanities through the New York Council for the Humanities. Launched in 1983, the Speakers in the Humanities program brings the best in humanities scholarship to thousands of people at hundreds of cultural organizations in virtually every corner of New York. I was fortunate to offer some very popular topics from 2007 through 2015:
The Rodgers and Hammerstein Era:
Reinventing Musical Theater
The Ethnic Musicals: Assimilation and Integration
The Latino in the Broadway Musical
These talks are still available privately.
Performance PLUS!
at Tilles Center
I officially left Tilles Center after 17 years on February 27, 2015. I take great pride in the Performance PLUS! program which I founded and curated since its inception in 2005. This series of pre-performance events helped deepen the audience’s understanding of the works being performed. These included lectures, demonstrations, interviews and other Q&A’s prior to classical music concerts, recitals, opera, world music and dance. Performance Plus! events have featured interviews with Andre Watts; Edward Villella (Artistic Director Miami City Ballet); Zarin Mehta (Executive Director, New York Philharmonic); Stanley Drucker (Principal Clarinet, New York Philharmonic for over 50 ears); and Joan Roberts (original Laurie in Oklahoma!). Each season I chose speakers known for their expertise from academic institutions around the country. I have also coordinated and participated in workshops with Pilobolus, Philadanco, Yamato: the Drummers of Japan and other performers. Education does not end when one graduates; it is a lifelong process!