A Celebration of Jewish American Songwriters

A multimedia, educational presentation that salutes some of history's Jewish American Songwriters and their impact on musical Americana. PowerPoint presentations provide the foundation that includes a historical perspective with rare videos, memorable stories, interviews, slides, and in person performances. This course is an extension of sold out programs presented at the Summerlin Performing Art Center and the Starbright Theatre. Each week we will focus on four select Jewish American songwriters that include a diversified selection such as Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, Carol King, Carly Simon, Billy Joel, Lesley Gore, Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Jim Croce, plus 30 others.

Please contact our office regarding course availability:

(702) 895-3394
lifelonglearning@unlv.edu