Looking At: Jazz, America's Art Form" video discussion and concert series starts at the Northern Onondaga Public Library at North Syracuse, NY
WHAT: The Northern Onondaga Public Library, North Syracuse, NY will host a free
six-part film viewing, discussion, and concert series called “Looking At:
Jazz, America's Art Form." The series uses documentary films and text to
engage the public in a discussion of the cultural and social history of jazz
as it developed as an art form in the United States.
A performance by some of Central New York's best musicians will follow
each discussion.
WHO: The series is open to all adults and young adults in the community and is
led by jazz scholar and musician Bill DiCosimo, Interim Chair of Music Industry and Assistant professor of Jazz Studies at Syracuse University's Setnor School of Music.
WHEN: The “Looking At: Jazz" series will be held at 6:30 p.m. every Tuesday
from July 10 through August 14. The schedule is as follows:
7/10 New Orleans, Birthplace of Jazz
Nick Palumbo Dixieland Band
7/17 The Jazz Age and the 1920s
North Country Preservation Jazz Band
7/24 The Swing Era
Mario DeSantis Orchestra
7/31 Women in Jazz
Lisa DiCosimo, Andrea Del Piano, and The Bill DiCosimo Trio
8/7 Jazz Innovators
Syracuse Unversity Faculty Jazz Quintet
8/14 Latin Jazz
Grupo Pagan
WHERE: The Northern Onondaga Public Library (NOPL) at North Syracuse, 100
Trolley Barn Lane, North Syracuse, phone 458-6184. The library is
located at the corner of South Bay Road and Centerville Place (Church
Street), 1.1 miles north of Taft Road.
WHY: The program is part of a national initiative of Re:New Media in partnership
with the American Library Association and Jazz at Lincoln Center and with
major support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The
concerts are funded in part by the DeFrancisco Arts and Cultural Grants,
administered by the Cultural Resources Council.
NOPL at North Syracuse is one of 50 libraries and nonprofit organizations
nationwide selected as a pilot site for this series. “Looking At: Jazz" uses
films as an effective entry into serious thought, discussion and further
reading. It also offers an occasion to bring diverse groups together to
explore history in greater depth through a mix of scholarly essays, films
and supplemental readings.
CONTACT:Kathy Osmond, public relations coordinator, Northern Onondaga Public
Library 315-699-2534, [email protected].
WHAT: The Northern Onondaga Public Library, North Syracuse, NY will host a free
six-part film viewing, discussion, and concert series called “Looking At:
Jazz, America's Art Form." The series uses documentary films and text to
engage the public in a discussion of the cultural and social history of jazz
as it developed as an art form in the United States.
A performance by some of Central New York's best musicians will follow
each discussion.
WHO: The series is open to all adults and young adults in the community and is
led by jazz scholar and musician Bill DiCosimo, Interim Chair of Music Industry and Assistant professor of Jazz Studies at Syracuse University's Setnor School of Music.
WHEN: The “Looking At: Jazz" series will be held at 6:30 p.m. every Tuesday
from July 10 through August 14. The schedule is as follows:
7/10 New Orleans, Birthplace of Jazz
Nick Palumbo Dixieland Band
7/17 The Jazz Age and the 1920s
North Country Preservation Jazz Band
7/24 The Swing Era
Mario DeSantis Orchestra
7/31 Women in Jazz
Lisa DiCosimo, Andrea Del Piano, and The Bill DiCosimo Trio
8/7 Jazz Innovators
Syracuse Unversity Faculty Jazz Quintet
8/14 Latin Jazz
Grupo Pagan
WHERE: The Northern Onondaga Public Library (NOPL) at North Syracuse, 100
Trolley Barn Lane, North Syracuse, phone 458-6184. The library is
located at the corner of South Bay Road and Centerville Place (Church
Street), 1.1 miles north of Taft Road.
WHY: The program is part of a national initiative of Re:New Media in partnership
with the American Library Association and Jazz at Lincoln Center and with
major support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The
concerts are funded in part by the DeFrancisco Arts and Cultural Grants,
administered by the Cultural Resources Council.
NOPL at North Syracuse is one of 50 libraries and nonprofit organizations
nationwide selected as a pilot site for this series. “Looking At: Jazz" uses
films as an effective entry into serious thought, discussion and further
reading. It also offers an occasion to bring diverse groups together to
explore history in greater depth through a mix of scholarly essays, films
and supplemental readings.
CONTACT:Kathy Osmond, public relations coordinator, Northern Onondaga Public
Library 315-699-2534, [email protected].
For more information contact Jessica Fagan.
