April 18, 2012 - 7:30PM
Charles Strouse Kosciuszko Foundation, 15 East 65th Street
(between 5th & Madison Aves)
Special Composers Showcase
A look at “NEW MORNING” a musical by Charles Strouse plus songs and a string quartet
PERFORMERS:
Intersection
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Charles Strouse - piano
- Matt Herskowitz - piano, Lyric Composer and Artist-in-Residence
- other performers TBA
PROGRAM:
TBA
Watch Charles Strouse discuss the writing of music
ABOUT CHARLES STROUSE: The music of Charles Strouse has touched the life of almost every American in the last half century. There may be no other living composer from America's popular songbook whose work is as integrated into the popular culture as that of Charles Strouse.
His music has attracted top recording artists such as Barbara Streisand, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Bobby Darin, Harry Connick Jr., Bobby Rydell, Jay Z, Vic Damone, Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, Grace Jones, and Duke Ellington, who all recorded some of his songs.
Strouse has written the score to more than 30 stage musicals, 14 scores for Broadway, four Hollywood films, two orchestral works, and an opera. He has been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Theater Hall of Fame. He is a three-time Tony Award winner, a two-time Emmy Award-winner, and his cast recordings have earned him two Grammy Awards. His song "Those Were The Days" launched over 200 episodes of "All in the Family" and continues to reach new generations of television audiences in syndication. With hundreds of productions licensed annually, his musicals Annie and Bye, Bye Birdie are among the most popular musicals of all time produced by regional, amateur, and school groups around the world.
Any music, film, or theater afficionado knows the name Charles Strouse. But everybody knows his music.
