Broadway, Ballads, and Blues

The Great American Songbook does not refer to any specific songs, but rather what many call “American Standards” which are some of the most important, influential and enduring popular and jazz songs written between the 1920s and the 1950s. Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Richard Rodgers are just some of the well-known Broadway composers and lyricists who have contributed to The Great American Songbook.  Their songs remain as popular today as they were in an earlier age.  This program, which includes a special salute to Cole Porter, is sure to include some of your favorite melodies.