Texas Music Museum Proudly Presents
The New Texas Music History Exhibit:

"Texas Songs"
Songs of the Lone Star State: Heritage - Cities - Historic Places.

FREE ADMISSION
Exhibit Open to Public 9AM-5PM Monday-Friday

Texas Music Museum
1009 East 11th Street
Austin, Texas 78702

location (view map)

For more information and guided group or weekend tours please call:
(512) 472-8891 or (512) 471-0520

Texas Music Museum proudly presents

"JAZZ"

America's Art Form
a free six-part film and discussion series
hosted by renown Jazz musician and educator,
Dr. James Polk

Jazz is an art form invented in early 20th century America. It has evolved into an enduring expression of creativity and innovation. The history of Jazz is much more than the history of an extraordinary musical genre -- it is also the story of central social, political and cultural issues of the 20th century that continue to play a part in our fledgling 21st. Topics covered in the series:

  • New Orleans and the early pioneers of Jazz
  • The Jazz Age and Harlem as a center of art
  • The Swing Era and Jazz as America's popular music
  • The art of Jazz singers, musicians, and composers
  • Modern Jazz and the fragmentation of Jazz styles
  • Jazz as an international music

    • SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

    JAN 22, 2007 7:00 PM
    New Orleans: The Birthplace of Jazz
    Film: Ken Burns' Jazz, Episode 1: Gumbo, Beginnings to 1917
    HOWSON BRANCH , Austin Public Library
    2500 Exposition, Austin, TX 78703

    FEB 12, 2007 7:00 PM The Jazz Age and Harlem as a Center of Jazz
    Film: Ken Burns' Jazz, Episode 2: The Gift, 1917-1924
    Film: Harlem Renaissance: The Music & Rhythms That Started a Cultural Revolution CARVER BRANCH , Austin Public Library
    1161 Angelina, Austin, TX 78702

    MAR 12, 2007 7:00 PM
    Jazz Vocalists Film: Lady Day: The Many faces of Billy Holiday
    HOWSON BRANCH     , Austin Public Library
    2500 Exposition, Austin, TX 78703

    APR 16, 2007 7:00 PM
    The Swing Era
    Film: Bennie Goodman: Adventures in the Kingdom of Swing
    CARVER BRANCH , Austin Public Library
    1161 Angelina, Austin, TX 78702

    MAY 14, 2007 7:00 PM
    Jazz Innovators: From Bebop, to Hard Bop, to Cool & More
    Film: Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker
    HOWSON BRANCH , Austin Public Library
    2500 Exposition, Austin, TX 78703

    JUNE 11, 2007 7:00 PM
    Latin Jazz and Jazz as an International Music
    Film: A Night in Havana: Dizzy Gillespie in Cuba
    CARVER BRANCH , Austin Public Library
    1161 Angelina, Austin, TX 78702

    This series is part of a broader project that includes a Texas Music Museum Jazz Exhibit focusing on Texas contributions to Jazz. The Jazz Exhibit will open in spring of 2007 at the Texas Music Museum Gallery. The project also includes a Texas Music Museum sponsored city- wide high school Jazz competition.

    For more information call Texas Music Museum : (512) 472-8891 or (512) 471-0520

    Thanks to our partner, Austin Public Library.

    This project is funded by National Video Resources and the National Endowment for the Humanities, in collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center, the American Library Association,Friends of the Library, and in part by the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Divisionand a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts.      

     

    FREE ADMISSION

    Texas Music Museum
    1009 East 11th Street
    Austin, Texas 78702

     

    SONGS OF TEXAS

    This is an ongoing exhibit of rare sheet music, consisting of compositions written in praise
    of Texas, the Texas flag and star, the state bird and flower, cities and historic sites, etc.

    Texas Music Museum Office Gallery
    1009 E. 11th Street
    Austin, TX 78702

    512-472-8891
    Hours: By appointment
    To arrange to view this exhibit, please call and leave a message with your telephone number.
    Free