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Michael Lasser's Past Appearances
Art
Museums
Metropolitan
Museum of Art
Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston
Philadelphia
Museum of Art
Smithsonian
National Museum of American Art
Albright-Knox
Art Gallery
Clark Art
Institute
Minneapolis
Institute of Arts
Museum of
Fine Arts, Houston
Taft Museum
of Art
Norman
Rockwell Museum
Reynolda
House Museum of American Art
Toledo Museum
of Art
San Diego
Museum of Art
Phoenix
Museum of Art
Frist Center
for Visual Art
Louisiana Art
and Science Museum
Mississippi
Museum of Art
Dixon Museum
and Gardens
Oklahoma City
Museum of Art
Frick Art and
Historical Center
History Museums
Harry S.
Truman Presidential Museum
George Bush
Presidential Museum
Museum of the
City of New York
Missouri
Historical Society
South Street
Seaport Museum
Augusta
Museum of History
Universities
Cornell
University
University of
Illinois
University of
Massachusetts
Williams
College
University of
Michigan
University of
Miami
Pennsylvania
State University
University of
Kansas
University of
Rochester
North
Carolina State University
University of
Georgia
Ursinus
College
Connecticut
College
State
University of New York at Brockport
Eastman
School of Music
Rochester
Institute of Technology
University of
Mary Washington
Miscellaneous
The National
Archives
Sarasota
Institute of Lifelong Learning
The Shaw
Festival
The Stratford
Festival
National
Women’s Hall of Fame
George
Eastman House / International Museum of Photography
United States
Botanical Garden
Nazareth Arts Center
Glenridge Performing Arts Center,
Sarasota, FL
Talks and Concerts From
Michael's Past Calendar
2006
“Dear
Old Golden Rule Days”:
Popular Songs and the Discovery of Childhood
Saturday,
August 26, 2006, 3 p.m.
A concert to accompany the exhibition
American ABC: Childhood in 19th
Century America
Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington, DC
Irving Berlin: America's Unlikeliest Genius
Friday, September 8, 2006,
7 p.m.
A
concert and book signing with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
at the Arts Council for Wyoming County, Perry, NY
“Oh,
Me! Oh, My! Ain’t That Perfection”:
Popular Songs, The Flapper & 1920s America
Friday,
September 15, 2006, 12:25 p.m.
A talk to accompany the exhibition
Zelda by Herself: The Art of Zelda Fitzgerald
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
“Till
We Meet Again”:
The Songs of World War I
Saturday,
September 16, 2006, 2 p.m.
A talk to accompany the exhibition Snoopy as the World War I
Flying Ace
R.W. Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, LA
“All
the Old Familiar Places”:
Love Songs of Depression and War
Wednesday,
September 20, 2006, 7 p.m.
A talk to accompany the exhibition
Grandma Moses: Grandmother to the
Nation
Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY
“Let
‘Em Have It Just That Way”:
The Songwriters of the Harlem Renaissance
Monday,
September 25, 2006, 2 p.m.
A talk to accompany the exhibition
Recovered Views: African-American
Portraits, 1912-1925
Grimshaw-Gudewicz
Gallery, Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA
Fascinating Rhythms
Tuesday, October 3, 2006, 7:30 p.m.
A
talk and book signing at Geneva Historical Society, Geneva, NY
Walking Alone:
The Songs of World War II
Tuesday,
October 10, 2006, 7 p.m.
A talk to accompany the exhibition
Produce for Victory
West Virginia Catholic
Heritage Center, Wheeling, WV
Chicago: A
Musical Vaudeville
Does Anybody Here Know What “A Musical Vaudeville” Is?
Wednesday,
October 11, 2006, TIME
A talk to accompany the production at
West Liberty State College, West Liberty WV
“No
Army without Music”:
The Songs of the Civil War
Thursday,
October 12, 2006, 7 p.m.
A talk at West Virginia Independence Hall, Wheeling, WV
"Collegiate! Collegiate! Yes, We Are Collegiate":
When Broadway Musicals Went to College
Sunday,
October 15, 2006, 2 p.m.
A
talk and book signing in the
Welles-Brown Room, Rush-Rhees Library, University of Rochester
Fascinating Rhythms
Saturday,
October 28, 2006, 1 p.m.
A
talk and book signing at Write Now Bookstore, Honeoye Falls, NY
Fascinating Rhythms
Wednesday, November 1, 2006, 7 p.m.
Fascinating Rhythms
Sunday, November 5, 2006, 7 p.m.
A
program and book signing at the Jewish Book Fair, JCC,
Rochester, NY
Fascinating Rhythms
Tuesday, November 7, 2006, 7:30 p.m.
A
talk and book signing at the Jewish Book Fair, JCC of Greater
Buffalo, Getzville, NY
Great Songs from
Infamous Flops
Tuesday,
November 14, 2006
An onstage conversation with June LeBell and singers.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
"Sounds of the Rude
World": Songs from the Time of Thomas Nast
Thursday,
November 30, 2006, 5:30 p.m.
A talk to accompany the exhibit,
The Political Satires of Thomas
Nast
Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
2007
Irving Berlin:
America’s Unlikeliest Genius
Saturday,
January 6, 2007, 8 p.m.
A concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Glenridge Performing Arts Center, Sarasota, FL
Jazz
101: Chicago to New York
Saturday,
January 20, 2007, 8 p.m.
A concert with the Rochester Jazz All-Stars
Nazareth Arts Center, Rochester, NY
Irving
Berlin: America’s Unlikeliest Genius
Sunday,
January 21, 2007, 2 p.m.
A concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
WXXI Voices, WXXI Studios, Rochester, NY
"No Army without Music":
The Songs of the Civil War
Tuesday,
February 20, 2007, 6:30 p.m.
A
talk at the Cape Fear Museum of History and Science, Wilmington,
NC
“All Aboard
for Broadway”:
The Rise of Popular Music in America
Tuesday,
March 20, 2007, 2 p.m.
A talk to accompany the exhibition
Painterly Controversy: William
Merritt Chase and Robert Henri
Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, Greenwich, CT
"You've Got To Be Carefully Taught":
How We Sang About Asia and Race
from "Chinatown, My Chinatown" to
South Pacific
Thursday,
March 22, 2007, 1 p.m.
A talk to accompany
the exhibition James A. Michener: Traveler/Citizen/Writer
James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
"Sounds of the Rude World":
Songs from the Time of Frederic
Church
Thursday, March 22, 2007, 7 p.m.
A talk to accompany the exhibit, Treasures from Olana:
Landscapes
by Frederic Edwin Church
Princeton University Art Museum
Irving
Berlin: America’s Unlikeliest Genius
Thursday, April 12, 2007, 6:00 p.m.
A concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Fascinating Rhythms:
How Berlin, Kern & Gershwin Made Music American
Tuesday,
May 8, 2007, 6:00 p.m.
A concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Genesee-Orleans Regional Arts Council, Batavia NY
From Yiddle to Yankee Doodle:
How Jews in Show Biz Bridged the Gap Between Delancy Street and Duluth
Tuesday, April 24, 2007, 7:00 p.m.
A talk at Temple B'rith Kodesh, Rochester NY
"Let's Go Slumming, Nose Thumbing, at Park Avenue":
The Songs of the Great Depression
Saturday, April 28, 2007, 2:00 p.m.
A talk to accompany the exhibit, Journey Through the Great Depression
McClean County Museum of History, Bloomington, IL
"Sounds of the Rude World":
Popular Songs of the 19th Century
Sunday, April 29, 2007, 2:00 p.m.
A talk to accompany the exhibit, Trompe L'Oeil:
The Art of Illusion
Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL
Fascinating Rhythms: How Berlin, Kern & Gershwin Made Music American
Tuesday, May 8, 2007, 6:00 p.m.
A concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Genesee-Orleans Regional Arts Council, Batavia NY
"Till We Meet Again":
The Songs of World War I
Sunday, May 13, 2007, 3:00 p.m.
A talk to commemorate the 90th anniversary of our entry into World War I,
with songs performed by soprano
Sara Elliot Holliday
New York Society Library, New York, NY
America's
Fascinating Rhythms
Monday, May 14, 2007, 3:30 p.m.
A talk and book signing
Cloverwood, Pittsford, NY
"Till We Meet Again":
The Songs of World War I
Saturday, May 19, 2007,
2:00 p.m.
A talk at the National Heritage Museum, Lexington, MA
"Settle Down in a One-Horse Town":
Town and City in American Popular Songs
Wednesday, June 6, 2007,
7:00 p.m.
A talk and signing to accompany the exhibit,
Covered Bridges:
Spanning the American Landscape
Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT
"I Promise You a Happy Ending":
The Songs and Shows of Jerry Herman
Tuesday, July 10, 2007, 9:30 a.m.
A talk at the Rochester Athenaeum, Rochester Institute of Technology
"Till We Meet Again": The Songs of World War I
Thursday, July 12, 2007, 9:30 a.m.
A talk and book signing at the Harry S. Truman Presidential
Museum and Library
"A Cup of Coffee, A Sandwich, and You:"
Cooking and Cuddling in Popular Songs
Friday, August 3, 2007, 6:30 p.m.
A talk and book signing to accompany the exhibit,
Key
Ingredients
White Lake Community Library, Whitehall, MI<
"The Coming of Rock 'n' Roll
Wednesday, August 15, 2007, 7:00 p.m.
A concert with singers
Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK
"We Could Could Build a Paradise": Songs from the
Time of the American Impressionists
Thursday, September 6, 2007, 6:30 p.m.
A talk and book signing
Phillips Collection, Washington DC
Fascinating Rhythms: How Berlin, Kern, and Gershwin Made
Music American
Friday, September 7, 2007,
7:00 p.m.
A talk and book signing
Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Fascinating Rhythms
Tuesday,
September 25, 2007,
7:00 p.m.
A talk and book signing at
Wood Library, Canandaigua, NY
"Till We Meet Again": The Songs of World War I
Friday, September 28, 2007,
time TBD
A talk to commemorate the 90th anniversary of our entry
into World War I,
followed by a book signing
R. W. Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, LA
"I'm an Unemployed Sweetheart Looking for Someone to Love":
Working and Loving Popular Songs
Wednesday,
October 2, 2007, 7:00 p.m.
A talk at the Webber Art Gallery
Central Florida Community College, Ocala, FL
"She's Got the Dancing Fever Bad": Popular Music & the Emergence
of Women, 1880 - 1915
Monday,
November 5, 2007, 12:00 p.m.
A talk and book signing
Susan B. Anthony House, Rochester, NY
Fascinating Rhythms
Monday, November 12, 2007, 12:00 p.m.
A talk and book signing at the Naples Art Association
Von Liebig Center, Naples, FL
Jazz Dancing
Friday,
November 16, 2007, 8 p.m.
A concert with tap dancer Bill Evans
Nazareth College Arts Center
Cole Porter: Famous and Forgotten
Thursday, November 29, 2007, 7:00 p.m.
A concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Center for the Arts of Homer, Homer, NY
"No Place Like Home for the Holidays:"
A Concert for America's Christmas
Friday and Saturday,
November 30 and December 1, 2007,
8:00 p.m.
A holiday concert and book signing with
The Rochester Gay Men's Choir
Fascinating Rhythms
Friday, December 7, 2007, 11:00 a.m.
A talk and book signing
University of Rochester Women's Club, The Century Club,
Rochester, NY
"Out Together Dancing Cheek to Cheek": The Popular Song as
Streamlined Serenade
Sunday,
December 9, 2007, 2:00 p.m.
A talk and book signing
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL
"On Our Way to France": When Irving Berlin Went to War
Saturday, December 29, 2007, 2:00 p.m.
A talk and and book signing at
The National World War One Museum, Kansas City, MO
2008
The Gershwins' New York
Saturday,
January 26, 2008, 8 p.m.
A concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Glenridge Performing Arts Center, Sarasota, FL
Irving Berlin: America's
Unlikeliest Genius
Monday,
January 28, 2008,
9:30 a.m.
A talk and book signing
Sarasota Institute of Lifelong Learning
"East Side, West Side, All Around the Town": Popular Songs
from When the Art Students League Was Young
Thursday,
January 31, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
A talk and book signing
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
"E-Lec-Tri-Ci-Ty": Songs
from the Time of Lewis Comfort Tiffany
Friday,
February 1, 2008,
7:00 p.m.
A talk and book signing
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
America's Fascinating Rhythms
Monday,
February 11, 2008,
12:00 p.m.
A talk over lunch and a book signing
Van Liebig Arts Center, Naples, FL
"The
Conversation with the Flying Plates": The Songs of Rodgers &
Hart
Sunday,
February 17, 2008,
2:00 p.m.
A concert with Cindy Miller and Alan
Jones
Voices Series, WXXI, Rochester, NY
"Let 'Em Have It Just That
Way": The Songwriters of the Harlem Renaissance
Sunday,
February 24, 2008,
2:00p.m.
A talk and book signing
Reynolds Homestead, Critz, VA
Walking Alone: The Songs of World War II
Wednesday,
March 12, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
A talk and book signing
San Diego Historical Society
"Let's Have Another Piece
of Pie": The Songs of the Great Depression
Thursday,
March 13, 2008,
7:00 p.m.
A talk and book signing
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Lieber & Stoller: Two Jewish Kids Who Made Rock 'n' Roll
Sunday,
March 23, 2008,
10:00 p.m.
A talk over a lox and bagels breakfast
Temple Brith Kodesh, Rochester, NY
"I Love to Be Beside the Sea:" Songs for at the Shore and on
the Waves
Tuesday,
March 25, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
A talk and book signing
Cape Fear Historical Museum, Wilmington, NC
"Nothing Could Be Finer": What Songs About the South Tell Us
About America and Ourselves
Thursday,
March 27, 2008,
7:00 p.m.
A talk after dinner and a book signing
University of North Carolina -- Wilmington Continuing Education
"Let 'Em Have It Just That
Way": The Songwriters of the Harlem Renaissance
Sunday, March 30, 2008,
2:30p.m.
A talk and book signing
Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, RI
We Could Build a Paradise": Songs from the Time of the American
Impressionists
Sunday, May 4, 2008, 5:00p.m.
A late afternoon talk
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester
American Grandstand :
Songs in the Service of Politics
Sunday, May 18, 2008, 2:00p.m.
A talk and book signing
Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society
"Let's Talk About the Weather": How Popular Music Talks (But
Mainly Sings) About the Weather
Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
A talk and book signing
Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT
"Sweet and Low-Down": The Gershwins' New York
Thursday, June 19, 2008, 6:00 p.m.
A concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Wonderful Town Is "a Helluva Town"
Monday, July 7, 2008, 9:30 a.m.
A talk and book signing
Rochester Athenaeum, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester,
NY
"Sweet and Low-Down": The Gershwins' New York
Sunday, August 17, 2008, 4:00 p.m.
A concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Lenape Performing Arts Center, Marlton, NJ
Legends of the Trumpet
Friday, September 26, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
A concert with Herb Smith
Rochester Institute of Technology
"Happy Days Are Here Again": An Hour of Politics and Pop
Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 6:00
p.m.
Talk and book signing
Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago
"America's Fascinating Rhythms": How Jewish Songwriters
Shaped American Music
Saturday,
November 1, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
A concert and book signing
Temple Beth El, Rochester, NY
Walking Alone: The Songs of World War II
Thursday, November 6, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
A concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Center for the Arts of Homer, Homer, NY
Walking Alone: The Songs of World War II
Monday, November 10, 2008, 10:00
a.m.
Talk and book signing
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library
Antonia's Music: The Popular Tunes of Her Time
Saturday, November 15, 2008, 2:00
p.m.
Talk and book signing
Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum, Wichita, KS
"Where God Makes the Scenery": The Sense of Place in
American Song
Saturday, November 22, 2008, 1:30
p.m.
Talk and book signing
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa
"Hear that Lonesome Whistle": Songs from the Age of Steam
Friday, November 28, 2008, 7:00
p.m.
Talk and book signing
Nelston-Atkins Art Museum, Kansas City
"Let's Go Slumming, Nose Thumbing, At Park Avenue": The
Songs of the Great Depression
Sunday, December 14, 2008, 2:00
p.m.
Talk and book signing
Dixon Gallery & Gardens, Memphis
2009
Michael Lasser Meets Cole Porter: Famous Songs... and
Forgotten
Saturday,
January 24, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Concert and book signing
Glenridge Performing Arts Center, Sarasota, FL
"It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow": The Past, Present, and
Future of Popular Music
Monday, January 26, 2009, 10:30
a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
Talk and book signing
Sarasota Institute of Lifelong Learning, Sarasota and Venice, FL
"Building a Paradise": How America's Songwriters
Discovered America
Thursday, January 29, 2009, 2:00
p.m.
Talk and book signing
Mennello Museum of Art, Orlando
"The Hip-Hooray and Bally-Hoo!"
Popular Music's Take on New York
Saturday,
February 14, 2009, 2:00 p.m.
Concert and book signing
New York Society Library
"How Do You Do It, Mabel, On $20 a Week": Women, Work,
Wardrobe, and Popular Songs
Thursday, February 26, 2009, 5:00
p.m.
Talk and book signing
Mount Holyoke College Museum of Art, South Hampton, MA
"As Time Goes By": Pop Songs as Pop Icons
Monday, March 16, 2009, 2:00 p.m.
Talk and book signing
Van Liebig Arts Center, Naples, FL
"Let's Go Slumming, Nose Thumbing, At Park Avenue": The
Songs of the Great Depression
Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 7:00
p.m.
Talk and book signing
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
"All the Old Familiar Places": Love Songs of Depression
and War
Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 7:30
p.m.
Talk and book signing
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
"Outside of That I Love You": Love Songs for
Grown Ups
Friday, April
24, 2009, 8:00
p.m.
Concert and book signing
Arts Council of Wyoming County, Perry, NY
Michael Lasser Meets the Gershwins: George and
Ira's New York
Sunday , April
26, 2009, 2:00
p.m.
Concert and book signing
WXXI, Rochester, NY
"The Hip-Horray and Bally-Hoo": New York Songs of the
1930's
Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 12:05
p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Talk and book signing
Massillon Museum, Massillon OH
Cole Porter: Famous and Forgotten
Tuesday, May
5, 2009, 7:00
p.m.
Concert and with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Genesee-Orleans Regional Arts Council, Batavia, NY
"Let's Go Slumming, Nose Thumbing, At Park Avenue": The
Songs of the Great Depression
Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 12 noon
Talk and book signing
National Archives, Washington, DC
Laughing at Something Serious: Born Yesterday and Why
Comedy Matters
Monday, July 6, 2009, 10:00 am
Talk
Osher Senior Center, Rochester Institute of Technology
Shedding Grace: The Unlikely Story of Our Unofficial
National Anthems
Saturday, July 11, 2009, 2:00 pm
Talk and book signing
R. W. Norton Art Museum, Shreveport, LA
"Till We Meet Again": The Songs of World War I
Sunday, November 8, 2009, 2:00
p.m.
Talk and book signing
Evansville (IN) Public Library
"Sweet and Low Down":
The Gershwins' New
York
Thursday,
November 9, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
Concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Center for the Arts of Homer, Homer, NY
"Walking Alone":
The Songs of World War II
Saturday,
November 14, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
The Stage Theater, Warsaw, NY
"Send the Word, Send the Word, Over There": The Songs of
World War I
Saturday,
November 28, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones, and book signing
National World War I Museum, Kansas City, MO
2010
"Idealizing America": Norman Rockwell and Irving
Berlin
Thursday, January 28, 2010, 7:00
p.m.
Talk and book signing
Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art
"Chase all Your Cares Away": Harold
Arlen + Johnny Mercer + Much, Much More
Saturday,
January 30, 2010, 8:00 p.m.
Concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Glen Ridge Performing Arts Center, Sarasota, FL
"But Oh What Those Five Feet Could Do": Women in the
Songs of the Roaring 20's
Thursday, March 11, 2010, 7:00 p.m.
Talk and book signing
Des Moines (IA) Art Center
"Let the Rest of the World Go By": Songs from
the Time of American Impressionism
Thursday, March 25, 2010 6:00 p.m.
Concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones, and book signing
Flint Institute of the Arts
Over the Rainbow with Yip Harburg
Sunday, March 28, 2010, 10:00 a.m.
Talk
Temple Brith Kodesh, Rochester, NY
"Till We Meet Again": The Songs of World War I
Tuesday, April 12, 2010, 3:00 p.m.
Talk
Cornell Museum of Art, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
"She's Got the Dancing Fever Bad": Popular Music and
the Emergence of Women, 1880-1920
Wednesday, April 13, 2010, 7:00 p.m.
Talk
Cornell Museum of Art, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
"Alexander's Ragtime Band" The 100th Birthday of a Great
American Song
Wednesday, May 5, 2010, 10:00 a.m.
Talk
OASIS, Rochester, NY
"No Army without Music": The Songs of the Civil War
May 13, 2010 - Details to be announced
Concert
National Archives, Washington, DC
"Till We Meet Again": The Songs of World War I
Friday, May 14, 2010, 7:00 p.m.
Talk
Hartford County Public Library, Havre de Grace, MD
An Hour with Elwood Dowd's Rabbit Friend, Harvey
Tuesday, July 6, 2010, 10:00 a.m.
Talk
Hartford County Public Library, Havre de Grace, MD
"A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You": Cooking and
Cuddling in Popular Songs
Saturday, August 21, 2010,
Talk
McLean Museum of History, Bloomington, IL
"Love is Here to Stay": The Lyrics of Ira Gershwin
Sunday, October 3, 2010, 3:00
p.m.
Concert and book signing
New York Society Library
Walking Alone: The Songs of World War II
Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 7:00
p.m.
Talk and book signing
Montpelier, VT Public Library
Iconic Songs: "God Bless America," "White Christmas," &
World War II
Wednesday, October 27, 2010, Noon
Talk and book signing
Sullivan Museum, Norwich University, Northfield, VT
Our Huckleberry Friend: The Songs of Johnny Mercer
Thursday
November 4, 2010,
7:00 pm
Concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Center for the Arts, Homer, NY
"Has Anybody Seen My Gal": Popular Music and the
Emergence of Women 1910 - 1925
Sunday, November 7, 2010, 3:00
p.m.
Talk
Louisiana State University Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, LA
2011
"You Can Say an Awful Lot in Seven Reels": Glamour,
Movies & Popular Songs
Sunday, January 23, 2011, 2:00
p.m.
Talk
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
"It's Got to Be Love":
The Broadway
Songs of Richard Rogers
Saturday,
January 29, 2011,
8:00 p.m.
Concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Glenridge Performing Arts Center, Sarasota, FL
Mr. Astaire and Fred
Monday, January 31, 2011,
10:00
a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
Talk and book signing
Sarasota Institute of Lifelong Learning, Sarasota and Venice, FL
"Come on and Hear!": 100 Years of "Alexander's Ragtime Band"
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Talk and book signing
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
"Come on and Hear!": 100 Years of "Alexander's Ragtime Band"
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Talk and book signing
Rochester Public Library, Rochester, NY
"Come on and Hear!": 100 Years of "Alexander's Ragtime Band"
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Talk and book signing
National World War I Museum and Kansas City Public Library
"Walking Alone": The Songs of World
War II
Saturday,
March 19, 2011
Talk
Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA
The Yankee Doodle Dandies: Songs from the Time of Gustav
Stickley
Saturday,
April 2, 2011,
3:00 p.m.
Concert
Dallas Museum of Art
"Everybody's Doin' It": An Evening of
Ragtime
Friday,
April 29, 2011
Concert
RIT
Performing Arts Series, Rochester, NY
"As Time Goes By":
The Iconic
American Songs
Sunday,
May 15, 2011
Concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
WXXI, Rochester, NY
"Come and Hear!" 100 Years of "Alexander's
Ragtime Band"
Monday, June 6, 2011
Talk
St. John's Home, Rochester, NY
"Let's Have Another Piece of Pie": The
Songs of the Great Depression
Wednesday,
June 15, 2011
Talk
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
Idealizing America: Normal Rockwell and
Irving Berlin
Thursday,
June 16, 2011
Talk
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi
Turning
Pygmalion
into My Fair Lady
Tuesday,
July 5, 2011
Talk
Osher at RIT, Rochester, NY
American Popular Songs from the Turn of
the Century
Tuesday,
July 7, 2011
Talk
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
Mined & Unmined Cole: An Evening of Famous & Forgotten Songs by
Cole Porter
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
"Come on and Hear!": On the 100th Anniversary of "Alexander's Ragtime Band"
Monday,
July 25, 2011, 7:00 p.m.
Talk
Jefferson Educational Society, Erie, PA
"Just Wait Till I Get Back to O-hi-o":
What Songs About the Midwest Tell Us About America
Tuesday,
July 26, 2011,
12:00 p.m.
Talk
Massillon Art Museum, Massillon, OH
Jewish Songwriters and the Making of
American Song
Thursday,
July 28, 2011,
7:00 p.m.
Concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Genesee-Orleans County Arts Council
Walking Alone: The Songs of World War II
Sunday,
August 14, 2011
Concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Temple Beth El,
Rochester, NY
"We are Coming, Father Abram": Abraham
Lincoln and the Songs of the Civil War
Thursday,
September 22, 2011
Talk
Rose State College Learning Resource Center, Midwest City,
OK
Jewish Songwriters and the Making of
American Song
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Talk
University of Central Florida Library
"Roll It Along Thro' the Nation": From
Slave to Citizen in Popular Song
Thursday, October 13, 2011, 6:30 p.m.
Talk
Des Moines Art Center
Jewish Songwriters and the Making of
American Song
Tuesday, October
18, 2011, 6:00 p.m.
Talk
Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore
"Come on and Hear!" On the 100th Anniversary of
"Alexander's Ragtime Band"
Sunday,
October 30, 2011, 3:00 pm
Concert
New
York Society Library, New York City
"Till We Meet Again": The Songs of World
War I
Saturday,
November 5, 2011,
2:00
p.m.
Talk
Salt Lake City Public Library, Salt Lake City, UT
"Let's Go Slumming, Nose Thumbing, at Park
Avenue": The Songs of the Great Depression
Sunday,
November 6, 2011, 1:00 p.m.
Talk
Utah Museum of Fine Art
"It's Got to Be Love": The Songs of Richard Rodgers'
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Center for the
Arts, Homer, NY
"A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich, and You":
Cooking and Cuddling in Popular Songs
Sunday, November 13, 2011, 2:00 p.m.
Talk
Jewish Museum of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Idealizing America: Norman
Rockwell and Irving Berlin
Thursday, November 17,
2011
Talk
Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
2012
"Each Tomorrow Morning": The Theater Songs of Jerry
Herman
Tuesday, January 28, 2012,
8:00 p.m.
Concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Glenridge Performing Arts Center, Sarasota
"All the Old Familiar Places": Love
Songs of Depression and War
Saturday, February 11,
2012
Talk
Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum
"Let's All Be Americans Now": Popular
Music and the Melting Pot
Sunday, February 19,
2012
Talk
Drake Memorial Library, SUNY-Brockport
"Nice Work if You Can Get It": What Work
Songs Say About Us
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Talk
National Churchill Museum, Fulton, MO
"To See as Songwriters See"
Friday, March 9, 2012,
Talk
Frist Center for Visual Arts, Nashville
Jewish Songwriters and the Making of
American Song
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Talk
Georgia Southern University Library,
Statesboro, GA
"Harlem on My Mind": Songs for
Americans in Paris
Sunday, April 1,
2012
Talk
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Riding the Rainbow/Writing the Rainbow:
The Lyrics of Yip Harburg
Tuesday, April 3,
2012
Talk with singers
C. W. Post Campus of Long
Island University
Twentieth Century Love: Modernism &
American Popular Song
Tuesday, June 14,
2012
Talk
Cape Cod Museum of Art
Ragtime
Tuesday, July 17,
2012
Talk with singers
Osher Senior Center
"Halfway to Heaven": Songs from the Time
of the American Impressionists
Thursday, September
9, 2012
Talk
New Britain Museum of American
"All the Old Familiar Places": Love
Songs of Depression and War
Sunday, September
23, 2012
Talk
ITOW Museum, Perham, MN
"We Are Coming, Father Abram":
Abraham Lincoln and the Songs of the Civil War
Wednesday, October
3, 2012
Concert
Adams County Library, Gettysburg, PA
"Wild Again, Beguiled
Again": Love Songs for Adults
Sunday, October 7,
2012
Concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Nazareth
Arts Center, Rochester, NY
To "Build a Sweet Little Nest":
Kansas City & Beyond in Popular Music
Sunday, October
21, 2012
Talk
Kansas City Public Library
"No Army without Music": The Songs of
the Civil War
Sunday, October
28, 2012
Talk
American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA
"Wild Again, Beguiled
Again":
Love Songs for Adults
Thursday, November 8,
2012
Concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Center for
the Arts Homer, Homer, NY
"Halfway to Heaven with You": How
Popular Music Moved Us to the Suburbs
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Talk
Greece Historical Society, Greece, NY
"The Unlikeliest Genius": Irving
Berlin
Wednesday, December
5, 2012
Talk
Syracuse Stage
2013
Glamour, Celebrity, and Popular Songs
Friday, January 4, 2013
Talk
Toledo Museum of Art
To See As Songwriters See
Wednesday, January
13, 2013
Talk
Chatterbox Club, Rochester, NY
"Wild Again, Beguiled
Again": Love Songs for Adults
Saturday, January 26,
2013
Concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Glen Ridge Performing Arts Center,
Sarasota, FL
"It's the Same Old Song they Sing": The
Great Irish Songwriters
Thursday, February
7, 2013, 7:30 pm
Talk
Basil Hall 135, St. John Fisher College,
Rochester, NY
Walking Alone: the Songs of World War II
Thursday, February
28, 2013, 4:30 pm
Talk
New York Historical Society
"But, Oh, What Those Five Feet Can Do"
Popular Songs, the Flapper, and 1920's America
Sunday, March 17, 2013, 1:00 pm
Talk
Allentown Art Museum
Beyond the Rainbow with Yip Harburg
Sunday,
March 3, 2013
Concert
New York Society Library
Kurt Weill, American Songwriter
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Concert with Cindy Miller and Alan
Jones
Harley School, (Sponsored by WXXI)
"By the Sea, By the Sea, By the
Beautiful Sea Reflections on
Water in American Songs
Friday,
April 19, 2013
Concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Flint Institute of Art
"Has Anybody Seen Kelly?": The Irish in
American Popular Song
Tuesday,
May 8, 2013
Talk
McLean County Museum of History, Bloomington,
IL
Walking Alone: The Songs of World War II
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
National Churchill Museum, Fulton, MO
"No Army without Music": The Songs of the
Civil War
Sunday, June 23, 2013, 2:00 pm
Talk
Tennessee State Museum, Nashville
Guys and Dolls: How Musicals Tell Love Stories
Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 10:00 am
Talk
OSHER at RITe
All the Old Familiar Places": Love Songs
of the Depression
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Talk
Willa Cather Foundation, Red Cloud, NEe
The Castles: Making Ragtime Respectable
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Talk
The Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
"We are Coming Father Abram": Lincoln
and the Songs of the Civil War
Friday, October 4, 2013
Concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Averitt Arts Center, Statesboro, GA
Angels and Tomboys: Children in 19th
Century American Song
Wednesday, October 16-17, 2013
Talk
Des Moines Art Center
The Rise of Radio and the Coming
of Crooning
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Talk
Evansville Museum of Art and History
"You Oughta be in Pictures.": Great
Songs from the Movies
Thursday, November 6, 2013
Concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Center for the Arts, Homer, NY
Kurt Weill, American
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Evergreen Museum and Library, Johns Hopkins University
Women in Song in 1913
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Talk
Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
2014
Sweet and Low Down: The Gershwins' New
York
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Talk
Artis-Naples, Naples, FL
Idealizing America: Norman Rockwell and
Irving Berlin
Friday, January 24, 2014
Talk
Artis-Naples, Naples, FL
"You Oughta be in Pictures":
Great Songs from the Movies
Thursday,
January 25,
2014
Concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Glenridge Performing Arts Center, Sarasota, FL
America's Songs: The Great American
Songbook
Monday, February 3, 2014
Talk
and Book Signing
W ood Library, Canandaigua, NY (co-sponsored by the Wood
Library, Ontario County Historical Society, and Sonnenberg
Gardens)
"We are Coming Father Abram":
Lincoln and the Songs of the Civil War
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, WV
America's Songs: The Great American
Songbook
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Talk
and Book Signing
Darien Public Library, Darien, CT
America's Songs: The Great American
Songbook
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Talk
and Book Signing
G eneva Historical Society, Geneva, NY
America's Songs: The Great American
Songbook
Friday, March 28, 2014
Talk
and Book Signing
Go Arts Arts Council, Batavia, NY
America's Songs: The Great American
Songbook
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Talk
and Book Signing
Mark Twain Library, Redding, CT
A History of the Blues
Friday, April 11, 2014
Concert
RIT Performing Artist Series
America's Songs: The Great American
Songbook
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Talk
and Book Signing
Oneida County Historical Society, Utica, NY
America's Songs: The Great American
Songbook
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Talk
and Book Signing
Erie Canal Discovery Center, Lockport, NY
"The Hip-Hooray and Bally-Hoo": Popular
Music's Take on New York
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Talk and
Book Signing
N orton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach,
FL
America's Songs: The Great American
Songbook
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Talk
and Book Signin g
Greece Historical Society, Greece,
NY
A History of the Blues
Friday, April 11, 2014
Concert
RIT Performing Artist Series
America's Songs: The Great American Songbook
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Concert and
book signing with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
WXXI Voices, Rochester, NY
America's Songs: The Great American
Songbook
Sunday, June 2, 2014
Talk
and Book Signing
Brockport Public Library, Brockport, NY
The Great American Songbook
Friday, June 6, 2014
Concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
America's Songs: The Great American
Songbook
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Talk
and Book Signing
Pittsford Community Library, Pittsford, NY
America's Songs: The Great American
Songbook
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Talk
and Book Signing
Wayne County Historical Museum/Lyons Public Library, Lyons, NY
"Smile the While You Kiss Me Sad Adieu":
The Songs of Worlds War I
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Talk
Woodrow Wilson House, Washington, DC
Fred and Mr. Astaire
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Talk
and Book Signing
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
"Dreaming a Dream": Work and Love in Songs
of the Great Depression
Friday, July 11, 2014
Talk
and Book Signing
Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
America's Songs: The Great American
Songbook
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Talk
and Book Signing
Ridgefield Public Library, Ridgefield, CT
The Dark Side of Broadway Musicals
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Talk
and Book Signing
Osher at RIT
America's Songs: The Great American
Songbook
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Talk
and Book Signing
Seneca Falls Public Library, Seneca Falls, NY
America's Songs: The Great American
Songbook
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Talk
and Book Signing
Scottsville Public Library, Scottsville, NY
"Lets Go Slumming, Nose Thumbing, at Park
Avenue": The Songs of the Great Depression
Saturday, August 2, 2014
Talk
and Book Signing
Livingston Arts, Mt. Morris, NY
"Sound of the Rude World": Music for
the Seward House
Saturday , August 16, 2014
Talk
and Book Signing
Seward House Historic Museum, Auburn, NY
From Contentment to Chaos: America's
Songs, 1890 - 1920
Sunday, September 14, 2014
Talk
and Book Signing
Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN
America's Songs: The Great American
Songbook
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Talk
and Book Signing
Brighton Senior Center, Brighton, NY
The Conversations with the Flying Plates:
Rogers & Hart & Hammerstein
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Concert and
book signing
New York Society Library
Idealizing America: Norman Rockwell and
Irving Berlin
Friday, October 10, 2014
Concert and
book signing
Spiva Art Center, Joliet, MO
"Smile the While You Kiss Me Sad Adieu":
The Songs of World War I
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Talk
and Book Signing
Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch, Kansas City, MO
"Let 'Em Have It Just That Way": The
Songwriters of the Harlem Renaissance
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Talk
and Book Signing
Thorne Art Gallery, Keene State College, Keene, NH
"Smile the While You Kiss Me Sad Adieu":
The Songs of World War I
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Talk
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
America's Songs: The Great American
Songbook
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Talk
and Book Signing
Central Branch, Rochester Public Library
"Sometimes I Wonder": The Songs of Hoagy
Carmichael
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Concert
with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Center for the Arts of Homer, NY
"The Yanks Are Coming" (Eventually): How
Popular Songs Expressed America's Changing Attitudes, 1914 - 1919
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Talk
University of Houston, Houston, TX
"Smile the While You Kiss Me Sad Adieu":
The Love Songs of World War I
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Talk
The Printing Museum, Houston, TX
Writing / Riding the Rainbow: The Songs of
Yip Harburg
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Talk
and Book Signing
Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
2015
What Lady Mary and Even Edith Were
Singing: The Songs of Downton Abbey
Sunday, January 4, 2015, 2 p.m.
Concert
and book signing with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
WXXI Sponsorship -- Asbury Methodist Church, Rochester, NY
Writing / Riding the Rainbow: The Songs of
Yip Harburg
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Talk
and Book Signing
Artis-Naples, Naples, FL
Mined and Unmined Cole
Friday, January 16, 2015
Talk
and Book Signing
Artis-Naples, Naples, FL
"Building a Dream": Work and Love Songs of
the Great Depression
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Talk
Marco Island Historical Museum, Marco Island, FL
Idealizing America: Norman Rockwell and
Irving Berlin
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Talk
and Book Signing
Glenridge Performing Arts Center, Sarasota, FL
"Sometimes I Wonder": The Songs of Hoagy
Carmichael
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Concert
with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Glenridge Performing Arts Center, Sarasota, FL
"Smile the While You Kiss Me Sad Adieu":
The Songs of World War I
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Talk
and Book Signing
University of North Carolina, Institute of Arts and Humanities,
Chapel Hill, NC
The Great American Songbook: America's
"Modernist" Music
Thursday, April 22, 2015
Talk
and Book Signing
Des Moines Art Center
"We are Coming, Father Abram": Abraham
Lincoln and the Songs of the Civil War
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Rockwell Museum of Western Art, Corning, NY
Walking Alone: The Songs of World War II
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Talk
and Book Signing
Williamson - Pultneyville Historical Society
"Sounds of the Rude World": The
Hudson River Painters and American Song
Friday, July 17, 2015, 4pm
Talk
The Bascom and the Center for Life Enrichment, Highlands, NC
"Sounds of the Rude World": The
Hudson River Painters and American Song
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Talk
The Parthenon, Nashville, TN
The Lyrics of Dorothy Fields
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Talk
and Book Signing
Osher at RIT
"The Best Things in Life": Hochstein's
Beginnings in Song
Sunday, October 4, 2015
Concert (and
book signing) with Hochstein Voice Faculty
Hochstein Music School
"We're in the Money": The Songs of the
Great Depression
Sunday, November 1, 2015
Talk
and Book Signing
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester
The Songs of
Irving Berlin
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Concert
with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Center of the Arts of Homer
Walking Alone:
The Songs of World War II
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Talk
and Book Signing
Greece Historical Society
Hearing America Change: The Songs of World
War I
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Talk
and Book Signing
Cobblestone Society and Museum, Albion, NY
Walking Alone: Songs of World War II
Thursday, November 19, 2015
Concert
and Book Signing
National Quild Museum, Paducah, KY
Buffalo's Jewish Songwriters
Monday, November 30, 2015
Concert
(and book signing) with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Buffalo JCC Book Festival
"May Your Days Be Merry and Bright": The
Unlikely Story of White Christmas
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Talk
Seneca Falls Public Library
2016 Talks
Mr. Astaire and Fred
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Talk
Glen Ridge Performing Arts Center, Sarasota, FL
"Hear That Lonesome Whistle": What Train
Songs Tell Us About America
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Talk
Plant City (FL) Photo Archives
"Halfway to Heaven": Songs from the Time
of Childe Hassam
Thursday, April 24, 2016
Talk
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
America's Songs: The City's Clamor & the
Great American Songbook
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Talk and Book Signing
Brockport Historical
Society, Morgan-Manning House
Turning Lucky Lindy into Song
Friday, June 10, 2016
Talk
Morven Museum and Garden, Princeton, NJ
"Halfway to Heaven": American
Impressionism and American Songs
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Talk
Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT
Broadway Opera
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Talk
Osher, Rochester Institute of Technology
"Hearing America Change": The Songs
of World War I
Thursday, September 8, 2016, 7pm
Talk and Book Signing
Grove City College, Grove City, OH
"Walking Alone": The Songs of World
War II
Wednesday, November 9, 2016, 6pm
Talk and Book Signing
Torch, Oak Hill Country Club, Pittsford, NY
"White Christmas": The Unlikely Story of
America's Christmas Anthem
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Talk and Book Signing
Fairport Historical Society
2016 Concerts
Downton Abby Roars Through the Twenties
Saturday, January 3, 2016
Concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Asbury Park Methodist
Church, Rochester, NY
What Lady Mary and Even Edith Were Singing:
The Songs of Downton Abbey
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Concert
Des Moines Art Center
America's Unlikeliest Genius: The Songs of
Irving Berlin
Saturday, January 23, 2016
Concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Glen Ridge Performing Arts
Center, Sarasota, FL
"I'm the Greatest Star:" The Fabulous Female
Singers
Saturday, March19, 2016
Concert with Rochester Gay Men's Choir
Hochstein Auditorium,
Rochester
Mined and Unmined Cole: Famous and Forgotten
Songs by Cole Porter
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Evergreen Museum
"We'll Build a Sweet Little Nest": Settling
the West in Song
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Rockwell Museum of Western
Art
"Grand Knowing You": The Songs of Sheldon
Harnick
Sunday, May 15, 2016
Concert with
Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
New York Society Library
"May Your Days Be Merry and Bright":
Popular Songs for the Holidays
Thursday, December 8, 2016
Concert
Des Moines Art Center
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