• January 10, 2021
  • 2:00 pm
  • Remotely via Zoom

Music Lecture with Kenneth Korn 2:00 pm (via zoom)

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Time: Jan 10, 2021 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Topic will be one of the greatest songwriters, Irving Berlin.

Irving Berlin’s music does not have the rhythmic or harmonic complexities of a Gershwin tune. His music does not have the sly naughtiness of a Cole Porter Hit.  And yet it is impossible to find a single composer who did more for ‘The American Songbook’ than Irving Berlin.  In many ways he is a victim of his own success:  Everyone knows “God Bless America”, “White Christmas”, and “There’s No Business Like Show Business”, yet because these songs are so rooted in our culture, many people do not know who wrote them or that they were composed by the same talented man.

Along with a discussion of his amazing personal biography, from penniless refugee to Hollywood and Broadway icon, my talk will also demonstrate, with both recorded and live performance, the masterful ways in which an Irving Berlin song, such as  “What Will I Do?” despite its apparent simplicity, is in fact crafted with brilliance and elegance.

 

Kenneth Korn Biographical Info:

Kenneth Korn has been a music teacher in the Paramus, NJ Public Schools for over 35 years.  He has a diverse and broad knowledge of music and music education as at various times throughout his career he  taught all areas of the music curriculum.  He directed band, orchestra, and vocal music to children from kindergarten through high school. He is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis and The Crane School of Music. Currently Ken plays flute and piccolo in the Paramus Orchestra, the Orange County Band, the Maybrook Wind Ensemble, and the Kemyndable Flute Trio.