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Welcome to Our Music Podcast: Listen Up!

 

Don't Call Me Carol!: alternative songs for the holidays

A two minute showcase of some of the library's more unusual holiday CDs featuring disgruntled relatives, progressive jazz, a heavy metal party crasher and a much loved poet, all produced by a librarian's overactive imagination. 

Believe It or Not

The podcast that solves the mysteries of music history.  Available in WMA or MP3 

On the Road Again

Find out which CDs will have you ready to head out on the highway Available in WMA or MP3 

We're An American Band...

I had planned to use this for the 4th of July, but better late than never.  Available in WMA or MP3 

Woodstock's 40th Anniversary

Doesn't seem that long ago, does it?  Available in WMA or MP3.

 

Please Note: The Listen Up! podcasts are available as both windows media audio (WMA) and MP3 files.  Most computers and personal listening devices support one or both of these formats.

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In the News

 

Cleveland contemporary-music ensemble No Exit ready to introduce itself 

 

Lucinda Williams, Guy Clark, Nona Hendryx and others booked for Janis Joplin tribute Nov. 14 at State Theatre 

To show their enthusiasm for Dylan's new CD, Christmas in the Heart, NY Times readers submitted their best holiday spoofs of his classics.

If Thanksgiving dinner doesn't leave you in a food coma...

be sure to check out Sting's holiday special scheduled to air at 9p.m. that night on PBS.  It will feature music from his new CD "If On A Winter's Night" set against the backdrop of England's Durham Cathedral.  Like It?   You need to check out these from The Chieftains and Jethro Tull.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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UPCOMING MUSIC EVENTS @ THE LIBRARY

 

Ringing In The Season 

Saturday, November 28, 2009 2:00 PM

Southeast Branch: Large meeting room

Get in the holiday spirit and enjoy the scintillating sound of the South Euclid-Hillcrest United Methodist Church bell choir.

 

Dec. 5th - "Ringing in the Season" - Handbell Choir 

Saturday, December 05, 2009 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Registration: Thursday, October 01, 2009 through Friday, December 04, 2009

Gates Mills Branch: Burton Court

This holiday delight is an encore performance!

Join us for this extremely entertaining and popular musical event. Last year's concert was more than well-attended; it was fabulously well-attended and much enjoyed by all.

Many thanks to the Friends of the Gates Mills Library for making this event possible!

SOUNDS OF THE SEASON 

Saturday, December 05, 2009 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Registration Starts: Monday, November 02, 2009 9:00 AM

North Olmsted Branch

Recorder group, Queensbridge Consort will play music in our library garden.

Registration is requested.  Click on the program name for details.

Holiday Music - Celebrate Your World! 

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Registration: Thursday, August 27, 2009 through Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Brook Park Branch

Kick off the holiday season with a fun family sing-along (song sheets provided) featuring Howard Jacobs of Keyboards to Go!  Join the festivities featuring songs from various cultures.

December Celebrations Around the World 

Tuesday, December 08, 2009 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Independence Branch: Meeting Room

Bring the entire family to celebrate the culture and tradition of Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa and Las Posadas in  an interactive musical program presented by Muzikat-Shalom.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Independence Library

Holiday Enjoyment 

Wednesday, December 09, 2009 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Parma-Snow Branch: The library main room

Feeling the stress of the holidays?  Take a break with us!

Raffinato String Quartet 

Wednesday, December 09, 2009 7:00 PM

Solon Branch: Meeting Room

Please join us for an evening of holiday music, presented by the Raffinato String Quartet, students at Solon High School. 

Ringing in the Season 

Saturday, December 12, 2009 2:00 PM

Fairview Park Branch: Lower Level Meeting Room

Enjoy sacred and secular holiday music performed by a three-octave bell choir.  The choir is affiliated with South Euclid-Hillcrest United Methodist Church.  Registration required.

Holiday Music Favorites 

Saturday, December 12, 2009 2:00 PM

Bay Village Branch: Large Meeting Room

Join us as guitarists Trent Navran and Tom Poore perform your favorite holiday music

Holiday Music - Celebrate Your World! 

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Registration: Thursday, August 27, 2009 through Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Parma Heights Branch

Kick off the holiday season with a fun family sing-along ( song sheets provided) featuring Howard Jacobs of Keyboards to Go! Join the festivities featuring songs from  various cultures.

MUSIC IN THE GARDEN 

Wednesday, December 16, 2009 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Registration Starts: Monday, November 02, 2009 9:00 AM

North Olmsted Branch

Cheryl  Fitiak will play her classical guitar in the library garden. 

Ringing in the Season 

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Registration: Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:00 AM through Saturday, December 19, 2009 3:00 PM

Orange Branch: Meeting Room

Enjoy holiday music with this three-octave bell choir.  Learn the history of hand bells, sing-along and even try out the hand bells.  The choir is affiliated with the South Euclid-Hillcrest United Methodist Church.

"Dance Image" Dance Concert 

Saturdays, October 17 and December 19 at 2:00 PM

Solon Branch: Meeting Room

Dance Image will present an interactive dance program for dance enthusiasts of all ages. No registration required. Click on program name for details.

CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA MUSIC STUDY GROUPS AT THE LIBRARY, 2009-10

Presented by the Musical Arts Association and Women’s Committee of The Cleveland Orchestra in partnership with Cuyahoga County Public Library and the Friends of Beachwood,Brecksville Fairview Park, and Orange Branches.

Beachwood Branch

Tuesdays, 1:15-2:45 pm

Fall • Winter • Spring

 

Brecksville Branch 

Wednesdays, 10:15-11:45 am

Fall only

 

Fairview Park *

Wednesdays, 1:15-2:45 pm

Fall • Spring

 

Orange Branch 

Thursdays, 1:15-2:45 pm

Fall • Winter • Spring

*With special services for persons with visual impairments supported

by the Cleveland Sight Center and the Orchestra’s Alice Cull Fund

For more information, visit the Cleveland Orchestra Website 

 or call the Orchestra’s Education Department at (216) 231-7353 or email them at: education@clevelandorchestra.com.

 

 

 


What's New

Downloadable CDs From Cuyahoga County Public Library!

We recently added about 200 titles to our downloadable CD collection. 

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MUSIC DVDs--New and Coming Soon!

Bruckner - symphony no. 7 --The Cleveland Orchestra 

Learn to play guitar in 21 days 

Bela fleck in throw down your heart 

Where the wild things are & higglety pigglety pop! **This is the operatic version of "Where The Wild Things Are", not to be confused with the motion picture.

Unwigged & unplugged live 

In search of mozart 

Umphrey's Mcgee live 

Shostakovich - lady macbeth of mtsensk 

Promise of music, the - gustavo dudamel 

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