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José Miguel Palacios, Assistant Professor at the CSULB Film & Electronic Arts department, shares his film picks in episode 4 of Beyond the Stage.
Episode 3 of Beyond the Stage is out now!  In this two-part conversation, Dr. Ray Briggs of the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music discusses his inspiration and journey as a musician and educator.http://carpenterarts.org/beyond-the-stage
Woodstock wasn't the only festival to draw hundreds of thousands of music lovers during the summer of '69. The Harlem Cultural Festival brought giants Stevie Wonder, Mavis Staples, Mahalia Jackson, Sly and the Family Stone, and many more to NYC for an extraordinary musical event.
We’re enjoing this New York Times’ profile of the clandestine pop-up jazz speakeasies in NYC.
Joyful harmonies abound in the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music’s latest Vocal Jazz and Pops Concert!
Today we’re remembering Prince on his birthday.  Prince’s music and persona were funky and flamboyant, and his virtuosity boundless. He played through musical genres to forge his own on songs like “Purple Rain,” “1999,” and “Little Red Corvette.”