The Wall Street Journal theater critic and author Terry Teachout brought to Orlando by Winter Park Institute
Winter Park Institute welcomes The Wall Street Journal theater critic and author Terry Teachout (blog), one of the Institute’s Spring 2010 Distinguished Visiting Scholars and Artists. Teachout is the author of Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong, published this month by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Schedule:
“The Truth About Satchmo:
Why Louis Armstrong Still Matters”
Thursday, January. 14, 2010, 7 p.m.
Tiedtke Concert Hall, R.D. Keene Hall, Rollins College
*Free and open to the public. No tickets required. Book signing to follow.
Background: Teachout will discuss his new book, Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong, illuminating the life of one of America’s best-loved musical legends. As an added bonus, a jazz combo in the style of Louis Armstrong’s Hot Seven combo will interact with Teachout throughout the presentation and demonstrate the musical prowess behind this talented and complex man.
“Louis Armstrong in Jazz History”
Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 4 – 6:30 p.m.
Keene Hall, Room 119, R. D. Keene Music Building, Rollins College
*This is a Rollins campus event but is open to the public on a limited basis. No tickets required.
“The Role of a Theater Critic”
Thursday, January 28, 2010, 9:30 – 10:45 a.m.
SunTrust Auditorium, Bush Executive Center, Rollins College
*This is a Rollins campus event but is open to the public on a limited basis. No tickets required.
“How to Write an Opera (In One Easy Lesson?)”
Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010, 12:30 – 2 p.m.
Keene Hall, Room 119, R.D. Keene Music Building, Rollins College
*This is a Rollins campus event but is open to the public on a limited basis. No tickets required.
“The Biographer’s Crafty Art”
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, 7 – 9 p.m.
SunTrust Auditorium, Bush Executive Center, Rollins College
*Free and open to the public. No tickets required.
Schedule:
“The Truth About Satchmo:
Why Louis Armstrong Still Matters”
Thursday, January. 14, 2010, 7 p.m.
Tiedtke Concert Hall, R.D. Keene Hall, Rollins College
*Free and open to the public. No tickets required. Book signing to follow.
Background: Teachout will discuss his new book, Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong, illuminating the life of one of America’s best-loved musical legends. As an added bonus, a jazz combo in the style of Louis Armstrong’s Hot Seven combo will interact with Teachout throughout the presentation and demonstrate the musical prowess behind this talented and complex man.
“Louis Armstrong in Jazz History”
Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 4 – 6:30 p.m.
Keene Hall, Room 119, R. D. Keene Music Building, Rollins College
*This is a Rollins campus event but is open to the public on a limited basis. No tickets required.
“The Role of a Theater Critic”
Thursday, January 28, 2010, 9:30 – 10:45 a.m.
SunTrust Auditorium, Bush Executive Center, Rollins College
*This is a Rollins campus event but is open to the public on a limited basis. No tickets required.
“How to Write an Opera (In One Easy Lesson?)”
Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010, 12:30 – 2 p.m.
Keene Hall, Room 119, R.D. Keene Music Building, Rollins College
*This is a Rollins campus event but is open to the public on a limited basis. No tickets required.
“The Biographer’s Crafty Art”
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, 7 – 9 p.m.
SunTrust Auditorium, Bush Executive Center, Rollins College
*Free and open to the public. No tickets required.