KPL Videos: music — Kalamazoo Public Library

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Musical Storybooks: Hum & Swish with Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra

Musical Storybooks is created for 3 to 6 years and features a story, craft, and music by the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra’s string quartet. This episode features the children’s book Hum…

Recorded 05/11/2021

Categories: Children; Entertainment; Family; Music & Concerts

Tags: children; music; stories

Musical Storybooks: Giraffes Can't Dance with Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra

Musical Storybooks is created for 3 to 6 years and features a story, craft, and music by the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra’s string quartet. This episode performance of the children’s book…

Recorded 05/11/2021

Categories: Children; Entertainment; Family; Music & Concerts

Tags: children; music; stories

Musical Storybooks — They All Saw a Cat

Enjoy a performance by the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra featuring the story, They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel. The performance will be featured on Wednesday, February 17th at 10:30 am on KPL TV. Performances by…

Recorded 02/13/2021

Categories: Children; Entertainment; Family

Tags: Literacy; music; stories

Meet Citizen DJ!

Brian Foo, the mastermind behind The Library of Congress’ Citizen DJ project will discuss this innovative resource for music lovers. The Citizen DJ project invites the public to make beats…

Recorded 10/08/2020

Categories: Entertainment; Family; Information; Instructional; Music & Concerts

Tags: music

“Bright Kalamazoo” (1854)

The poem “Bright Kalamazoo” was written by English adventurer William Henry Woodhams and set to music in 1854 by James Maurice Hubbard, who later became a professor of music at…

Recorded 07/25/2019

Categories: Archival Films & Video; Entertainment; Kalamazoo History; Music & Concerts

Tags: history; kalamazoo; michigan; music; poetry

Japan Twang

An entertaining and educational concert with shamisen virtuoso Sato Michiyoshi. Sato is an award-winning performer of Tsugaru-jamisen, a dynamic style of music played on a three-stringed Japanese instrument called a…

Recorded 03/10/2018

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; music

Mas Que Nada: Latin Jazz @ KPL

Mas Que Nada, Western Michigan University’s award winning Latin Jazz ensemble, represents a decade-long project created by its director, Tom Knific, to celebrate and perform the music of Brazil and…

Recorded 04/20/2016

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; kalamazoo; music

Loving This Earth: Environmental Music & Poetry

This music and poetry performance featured the artistry of four well-known Michigan musicians: Ken Morgan — woodwinds Carolyn Koebel — percussion & vocals Elden Kelly — guitar & vocals Jim…

Recorded 12/09/2015

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; kalamazoo; music; poetry

Mark Sahlgren & Darcy Wilkin @ KPL

Rootsy Americana Music w/ WMUK’s Grassroots Hosts Mark Sahlgren and Darcy Wilkin. Mark Sahlgren has been playing locally and elsewhere around Michigan for years, and recently received a Community Medal…

Recorded 10/21/2015

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; michigan; music

The Nashon Holloway Band @ KPL

Award-winning independent artist Nashon Holloway brought her full band to the Kalamazoo Public Library on Wednesday, September 16, 2015, as part of the library’s ongoing live concert series. Joining Ms.…

Recorded 09/16/2015

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; michigan; music

In The Tradition: Jazz @ KPL

Called “the world’s foremost African centered jazz group,” Detroit-based ‘In The Tradition’ gave this performance at the Eastwood Branch Library (Kalamazoo, MI) on Tuesday, August 4, 2015.

Recorded 08/04/2015

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; michigan; music

Jim Gill Family Concert at Oshtemo

The ultimate family play performer, Jim Gill, returned to Kalamazoo for another fun, fantastic outdoor evening performance at Oshtemo Township Park on Thursday, July 9, 2015

Recorded 07/09/2015

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: children; music

Eric Litwin @ KPL

Here’s a clip of “Mr. Eric” Litwin at Kalamazoo Public Library on June 11, 2015. The #1 New York Times Best Selling author of the first four “Pete the Cat”…

Recorded 06/11/2015

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: children; music

The Moxie Strings @ KPL

Kalamazoo Public Library celebrated its 100th free live concert on Wednesday, May 27, 2015, with The Moxie Strings, the electrifying combination of fiddler, Diana Ladio, cellist, Alison Lynn, and drummer…

Recorded 05/27/2015

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; michigan; music

Earth Day Celebration 2015 @ KPL

The Earthwork Music Collective, a Michigan-based grassroots organization that seeks to foster both community and self-awareness through original music, presented this family-friendly showcase of Michigan musicians in (albeit belated) celebration…

Recorded 04/25/2015

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: children; culture; michigan; music

Gemini @ KPL

A free mini-concert sponsored by Fontana Chamber Arts, specially designed to give preschool children and their caregivers a performance of beautiful music in an open and flexible environment. This performance…

Recorded 04/18/2015

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: children; kalamazoo; music

Whiskey Before Breakfast @ KPL

Music from the Celtic tradition including jigs, reels, hornpipes and all manner tunes and songs from Kalamazoo’s own Whiskey Before Breakfast. Their approach to the music is clear and simple—very…

Recorded 03/18/2015

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; kalamazoo; michigan; music

Great Lakes Grass @ KPL

The March 2015 Art Hop at Kalamazoo Public Library was part of the current year’s Reading Together programming, celebrating “The Living Great Lakes” by Jerry Dennis. This event featured distinctive…

Recorded 03/06/2015

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; kalamazoo; music

Olivia Mainville @ KPL

Holland, Michigan’s Olivia Mainville brought her eclectic blend of indie-folk sounds to Kalamazoo Public Library, Wednesday, February 18, 2015, as part of KPL’s ongoing Live Concert series

Recorded 02/18/2015

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; michigan; music

Acclarion @ KPL

Acclarion, Canada’s premier accordion and clarinet ensemble (accordionist David Carovillano and clarinetist Becky Sajo-Carovillano), gave classical music a makeover in a performance at Kalamazoo Public Library on Wednesday, January 21,…

Recorded 01/21/2015

Categories: Music & Concerts

Tags: culture; music