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Evening Concert Blue Skies The Immigrant Songwriters Fri, Aug 4, 7:30 - 9:30 pm Jaqua Concert Hall, The Shedd Institute |
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Born Israel Isidore Beilin in 1888 in Tyumen, Russia, Irving Berlin immigrated to the United States with his family when he was 5 years old. As was the case for so many other immigrant families at the time--especially eastern European Jewish families--the Beilin's were not so much seeking out America, as they were fleeing a homeland that did not want them. But having arrived here they proceeded, again like so many others, to become Americans as soon and as fully as possible. Indeed, Israel Beilin's own path left him one of the clearest American voices of his century: indeed, through classics like "God Bless America", "White Christmas" and many more Irving Berlin helped articulate what it means to be an American almost better than anyone else.
But Irving Berlin wasn't the only immigrant composer to help define his new homeland. Indeed, the entire popular song industry of the early 20th century seemed peopled by those who were not born here. In this, our first 2006 OFAM evening concert at The Shedd, Dick and company are joined by soprano Maria Jette and OFAM favorite's Bill Hulings and Michael Stone in a celebration of the great first and second-generation immigrant songwriters that changed the face of American music, including Irving Berlin, George & Ira Gershwins, Harry Warren, Yip Harburg, Harold Arlen, Leonard Bernstein, Rodgers & Hart, among others.
| Give My Regards To Broadway (1904) Words & music by George M. Cohan |
| Abie Sings An Irish Song (1913) |
|  | Bill (1917/27) Show Boat |
| Lover (1932) Love Me Tonight |
|  | September Song (1938) Knickerbocker Holiday Words by Maxwell Anderson - Music by Kurt Weill |
| Featured composers, lyricists, creators | | | Maxwell Anderson, 1888-1959 Harold Arlen, 1905-1986Irving Berlin, 1888-1989Leonard Bernstein, 1918-1990Eubie Blake, 1883-1983 George M. Cohan, 1878-1942 Howard Dietz, 1896-1983 Al Dubin, 1891-1945George Gershwin, 1898-1937Ira Gershwin, 1896-1983Mack Gordon, 1904-1959Oscar Hammerstein II, 1895-1960Yip Harburg, 1896-1981Lorenz Hart, 1895-1943DuBose Heyward, 1885-1940 Jerome Kern, 1885-1945Emma Lazarus, 1849-1887 Andy Razaf, 1895-1973Richard Rodgers, 1902-1979 Arthur Schwartz, 1900-1984 Stephen Sondheim, 1930- Harry Warren, 1893-1981Kurt Weill, 1900-1950 P. G. Wodehouse, 1881-1975 |
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Blue Skies Ticket Prices |
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AA | 38.00 | 32.50 | 30.50 | 28.50 | 19.00 | A | 30.00 | 25.50 | 24.00 | 22.50 | 15.00 | B | 22.00 | 18.75 | 17.75 | 16.50 | 11.00 | O | 22.00 | 18.75 | 17.75 | 16.50 | 11.00 |
 | Jaqua Concert Hall The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts 285 E Broadway Eugene, Oregon 541-434-7000 |
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Purchase tickets at: The Shedd Ticket Office 541.434.7000
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