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Concerts Designed & Narrated by Michael Lasser

With Performances By Singers Cindy Miller and Alan Jones

In addition to giving talks, Michael Lasser also joins with highly-regarded singers Cindy Miller and Alan Jones. The topics are the same as for the talks, but there’s a lot less talking and a lot more music. 

Left to their own devices, Cindy and Alan would probably sing jazz, but Cindy is a first-class mimic and Alan is also a perceptive accompanist. A musical chameleon, Cindy turns into Julie Andrews one minute and Ella Fitzgerald the next. But her own distinct stage personality underscores everything she does.  Alan does everything from conduct choirs to play piano and sing in cabarets.  Sometimes you close your eyes and you swear you’re hearing Billy Eckstine. 

These two professionals have such varied experience, and such confidence in their own performing and in the way they work together that they look forward to trying new things. Michael Lasser says of them, “I’ve thrown every kind of song at them, including some they’d never heard of, from ragtime to 19th century sentimental ballads to rock ‘n’ roll. They love the challenge and the playfulness.”

 Wait till you hear Cindy belt Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer’s “Come Rain or Come Shine,” and you’re bound to giggle at Alan’s understated humor in a 1912 comic song, “If You Talk in Your Sleep, Don’t Mention My Name.”

To see where Michael has scheduled, upcoming Concerts click here or scroll down the page.

For more information about Cindy Miller, try her web site by clicking here.

Sixty and Ninety Minute Concerts available on a wide range of musical topics.  For more information, click here.

For more information about talks, click here

Calendar of Scheduled Concerts            

2008

"Sweet and Low-Down": The Gershwins' New York

Thursday, June 19, 2008, 6:00 p.m.
A concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

"Sweet and Low-Down": The Gershwins' New York

Sunday, August 17, 2008, 4:00 p.m.
A concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Lenape Performing Arts Center, Marlton, NJ

Legends of the Trumpet

Friday, September 26, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
A concert with Herb Smith
Rochester Institute of Technology

"America's Fascinating Rhythms": How Jewish Songwriters Shaped American Music

Saturday, November 1, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
A concert and book signing
Temple Beth El, Rochester, NY

Walking Alone: The Songs of World War II

Thursday, November 6, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
A concert with Cindy Miller and Alan Jones
Center for the Arts of Homer, Homer, NY

2009

Michael Lasser Meets Cole Porter: Famous Songs... and Forgotten

Saturday, January 24, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Concert and book signing
Glenridge Performing Arts Center, Sarasota, FL

"It's Love! It's Love!" Valentine's Day Songs for Grown-Ups

Friday, February 6, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Concert and book signing
Arts Council of Wyoming County, Perry, NY

"The Hip-Hooray and Bally-Hoo!" Popular Music's Take on New York

Saturday, February 14, 2009, 2:00 p.m.
Concert and book signing
New York Society Library

Michael Lasser Meets the Gershwins: George and Ira's New York

Sunday, April 26, 2009, 2:00 p.m.
Concert and book signing
WXXI, Rochester, NY

 

 

 




 

 

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