Humanities Teacher Award winner Dr. Ray Harris (Northeast Mississippi Community College) will present his public lecture titled, “Compositional Techniques in Leonard Bernstein’s Anniversaries for Solo Piano.” Reception to follow.
“My presentation will be, “Compositional Techniques in Leonard Bernstein’s Anniversaries for Solo Piano.” Though the pieces range from twenty seconds to two minutes in performance time, I will illustrate that each is a unique music statement containing a high level of structure achieved by a variety of compositional techniques. The presentation will include a performance of selected works.”