Event Details
This multi-media presentation is filled with musical examples, rare photos, film clips, humorous stories, and live demonstrations that stimulate, educate and entertain. Join us for entirely new lectures on The Ella Fitzgerald Story; A is for Armstrong: Louis Armstrong; Tony Bennett; Jazz and Swing on the West Coast; Artie Shaw and Harry James; and Jazz and Swing Today.
This 6-week course will be taught by Dr. Thom David Mason, retired Professor of Jazz Studies at the Department at the Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California.
Sponsored by Palos Verdes Library District and the USC Emeriti Center College, these classes are free and open to the public.
Registration is required. Please contact Mary Cohen at mcohen@pvld.org or 310-921-7519 to register. The registration deadline is October 6, 2016.
For further information, please contact the USC Emeriti Center College at 213-740-8921 or on the web at http://emeriticollege.usc.edu.
Event Type(s): Class/Workshop
Age Group(s): Senior, Adult
Presenter: Dr. Thom David Mason
Mary Cohen
(310) 921-7519
