Date: 2011-10-01
The Greatest Music Stories Never Told (at FSU McCarthy Center)
Join award winning documentary producer Rick Beyer for “The Greatest Music Stories Never Told: 100 tales from music history to astonish, bewilder and stupefy” on Saturday, October 1st, 2011 at 10:00a.m. at the FSU McCarthy Center *** Part of the The Lifelong Learning Lecture Series, Rick Beyer’s rollicking guided tour through the hidden corners of music history. Find out how one hit song was born in a history class, another created in a Boston mayoral campaign. Meet the orchestra leader killed by his own conducting and the prisoner who sang himself out of jail. Then there’s the song that saved a president and Ben Franklin’s wonderful musical invention- reputed to heal the sick and drive the healthy insane. A treat for music lovers and history buffs alike. Rick Beyer has produced films for The History Channel, National Geographic, The Smithsonian Institution and appeared on NPR, Fox News, CNN and the Discovery Channel. *** Free to all! *** Lecture will be presented in room 415 of the McCarthy College Center, Framingham State University, 100 State St., Framingham, MA. *** (Free parking on campus)
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