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‘Fresh Ears’ Musical Lecture Series Set at Library

 

By Herald Staff

COURT HOUSE — Let your imagination take wing as you listen to classical music with a Fresh Ears® experience at the May installment of the free monthly music lectures by Paul M. Somers, sponsored by the Bay-Atlantic Symphony.
This month’s installment, the concluding lecture series of the 2010-11 season, is entitled “The Listener Owns It!”
Allow yourself to respond to unfamiliar music, unhampered by preconceptions caused by the music’s name, nationality, genre, gender, or title. It is not a “guess the composer” competition, but a chance to see what you like or dislike without any “politically correct” considerations. The identity of the musical selections is revealed at the end.
The lectures, which take place in four counties, will occur on Tues. May 24 from 7 to 8:30 p.m., at the Cape May County Library, 30 Mechanic St., Court House.
Somers, is a composer, performer, founder of Maurice River Music, was for 25 years the harpsichordist for the Virtuoso Strings of New York, 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 the Cape May County series, you can also call the Cape May County Library at 609-463-6350.

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