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A Better World with Boulevard Brass
2017-06-04 14:00:00 2017-06-04 15:00:00 America/Chicago A Better World with Boulevard Brass Boulevard Brass, a fantastic musical ensemble, will perform unique and contrasting styles of music from around the world. Norman West -

Sunday, June 04
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2017-06-04 14:00:00 2017-06-04 15:00:00 America/Chicago A Better World with Boulevard Brass Boulevard Brass, a fantastic musical ensemble, will perform unique and contrasting styles of music from around the world. Norman West -

Boulevard Brass, a fantastic musical ensemble, will perform unique and contrasting styles of music from around the world.

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Boulevard Brass

Boulevard Brass is a fantastic musical ensemble. They will take the whole family on a musical tour through time and place by performing unique and contrasting styles of music from around the world. You'll even learn a bit about their instrument's histories and characteristics. For an hour or so, your whole world will be made better with Brass!

Grab a Great Book or DVD

Nonfiction

Brass Instruments by Anita Ganeri

Music by Dan Green

Music Makers: Live-action Musical Adventure; an Introduction to the Instruments (DVD) in the Tune buddies series

The Recorder and Other Wind Instruments by Rits Storey


Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews

The Blue Moment: Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue and the Remaking of Modern Music by Richard Williams

Groovin’ High: the Life of Dizzy Gillespie by Alyn Shipton

Pops: a Life of Louis Armstrong by Terry Teachout
Fiction

Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music by Margarita Engle

Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin by Chieri Uegaki

Little Melba and Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russell-Brown

Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover

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Nonfiction

Musical Instruments: How Things Work by Ade Deane-Pratt

Duke Ellington: His Life in Jazz with 21 Activities by Stephanie Stein Crease

Play Louis Play: The True Story of a Boy and His Horn by Muriel Harris

Famous Composers by Darren Henley

Ada’s Violin: The story of the Recycled Orhestra of Paraquay by Susan Hood

A listen to Jazz by Colleen Hord

A Horn for Louis by Eric A. Kimmel

Absolutely on Music by Haruki Murakami

The Music Lesson: a Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music by Victor Wooten

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks

The Story of Classical Music by Darren Henley

Fiction

Animal Orchestra by Ilo Orleans

Farmyard Beat by Lindsey Craig

Music of the Dolphins by Karen Hesse

A Good Night for Ghosts; Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne

Poppy the Piano Fairy by Daisy Meadows

Anna Maria’s Gift by Janice Shefelman

The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway

The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos

For More Books On This Topic Search:

Brass instruments; musicians; music, musical instruments

Where to Browse in Your Library:  Dewey Numbers

784 instruments; 780 music; 781 general; Biography 920

Summer Reading and Learning at Pioneer Library System is supported by Hitachi Computer Products of America (Inc.), Oklahoma Arts Council, the Anne & Henry Zarrow Foundation, Pioneer Library System Foundation, Pioneer Library System, Friends of the Library, Institute of Museums and Library Services (IMLS), Oklahoma College Savings Plan, Sonic--America’s Drive-In, Corp., The Oklahoman Newspapers in Education and The Oklahoma Department of Libraries.

AGE GROUP: | All Ages |

EVENT TYPE: | Drama, Performing Arts & Music |

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