The Music of Poetry with Michael Arnowitt

Past event
May 3, 2015, 2 to 3:30 PM

Save the date for this fantastic performance!

The Friends of the Waterbury Public Library are excited to host jazz and classical musician, Michael Arnowitt, presenting “The Music of Poetry” for their annual Spring Tea event, taking place this year on Sunday, May 3 at 2 PM at the Waterbury Congregational Church (aka the White Meeting House).

This lecture and demonstration will explore the musical aspects of poetry, song lyrics, and literature. The talk offers a musician’s insights on the elements of sound and time in literary composition, and the similarities he hears between the literature of great writers, and the music of classical composers, jazz musician, as well as pop songwriters.

This event is sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

This program is free, open to the public and light refreshments will be provided.

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