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Americana with Skip Livingston This 4th of July

On this Fourth of July, here’s a little Americana, courtesy of Samuel A. “Skip” Livingston. Livingston, a self-professed admirer of the music of Jerome Moross (composer of “The Big Country”), captures some of that same open-air lyricism on his recent album, “Gentle Winds,” issued on Navona Records, the classical music division of PARMA Recordings.

As a clarinetist in The Blawenburg Band, Livingston has a busy summer ahead. The band will present its annual Independence Day concert at Yardley Community Centre, in Yardley, PA, this afternoon at 4:00. Its lawnchair series at Hopewell Train Station will commence on Monday at 7:30 p.m. On Tuesday, Livingston will direct the Blawenburg Dixieland Band at Mary Jacobs Memorial Library in Rocky Hill. And that’s just the tip of the snow cone.

Find out more about Livingston, the Blawenburg Band, and more, in my article in this week’s edition of U.S. 1 Newspaper – PrincetonInfo.

https://princetoninfo.com/livingston-is-a-quiet-composer-in-a-loud-brassy-band/?fbclid=IwAR1A7MqjHp6_MqydxHmmjvavXQxd1N7CLEVICDCd_p9gH2EIXdUkccrCv-c

July 4, 2019
American Music for Independence Day on WPRB

I’ve been following Marvin Rosen’s Classical Discoveries playlist with particular interest this morning, since I too plan to play all American music tomorrow, in anticipation of the Independence Day holiday.

Marvin is a much better planner than I, but at this point I can say with relative certainty that we MAY hear music by George Antheil, Paul Bowles, Romeo Cascarino, John Corigliano, Daniel Dorff, Irving Fine, Lou Harrison, Bernard Herrmann, Jennifer Higdon, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Peter Schickele, Caroline Shaw, Michael Torke, George Walker and many others.

Jerry Rife, for 30 years conductor of The Blawenburg Band, will join me around 9:00 to tell us just a little bit about the band’s upcoming concerts at Princeton Shopping Center (tomorrow at 7 p.m.), Yardley Community Centre in Yardley, Pa. (July 4 at 4 p.m.), and Hopewell Train Station (July 6 at 7:30 p.m.).

Tune in, wrap yourself in the flag, and feel the cool grass between your toes, as we celebrate America’s independence this week. Keep it classy with Classic Ross Amico, tomorrow morning from 6 to 11 a.m. ET, on WPRB 103.3 FM or online at wprb.com.

July 1, 2015

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