Living Roots of Music

On Wednesday, April 11th, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. in the Library Auditorium. Lauren Pelon will perform a program called "The Living Roots of Music"

Pelon performs music from the 1st to the 21st centuries on archlute, guitar, lute-guitar, lyre, recorders, gemshorns, cornamuse, krummhorn, schreierpfeife, shawm, rackett, pennywhistles, psalmodikon, concertina, ocarina, hurdy-gurdy, doucaine, bowed and plucked psalteries, Kiowa courting flute, eagle bone flute, synthesizers, electric wind instrument, and MIDI-pedalboard. She also traces the story of music and tells stories about the development of instruments throughout history.

And she also sings!                  

Learn to Play!

Have you always wanted to know how to play an instrument or sing a tune? Don't wait any longer! The library has great books, cds, and dvds to get you playing and singing in no time.

Just ask a librarian to help you find the information that's right for you!

Best website for quick Guitar Rock tabs n' chords

A teenage kid told me that he got a new guitar for his birthday and -did I know any songs? I had to show him this site. It's one of the places I've known about this website since the early 90's. It quite possibly was a "gopher" site before that but I digress....

It's one thing to enjoy official sheet music and proper authorized chords and tabs. But for someone just starting out, these "fake" versions submitted from guitarists and amateurs around the world are just what you need to get started!

http://www.danmansmusic.com/songs2.htm

Opera DVDs New to the Collection

Check out these Operas on DVD - new to the collection.

CARMEN

This performance of Georges Bizet's classic opera Carmen features the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Agnes Baltsa performs the part of the famous title character.

TURANDOT

This performance of Turandot, the most beloved operatic work from composer Giacomo Puccini, is performed in Salzburg, Austria. Starring Gabriele Schnaut in the title role and Robert Tear as Altoum, and includes music by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

LA TRAVIATA

In this 1968 performance of Verdi's La Traviata, soprano Anna Moffo takes over the role of Violetta, backed by conductor Giuseppe Patante and the orchestra and chorus of the Rome Opera House.