Music

Hear it; live it; make some of your own.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

May 27, 2017 | SuzyQ

Originally released in the UK on May 26, 1967, this year marks the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' landmark album. The U.S. release was on June 1.

Beatles '66 : the revolutionary year by Steve Turner

A riveting look at the transformative year in the lives and careers of the legendary group whose groundbreaking legacy would forever change music and popular culture. They started off as hysteria-inducing pop stars playing to audiences of screaming teenage fans and ended up as musical sages considered responsible for ushering in a new era. The year that changed everything for the Beatles was 1966-- the year of their last concert and their first album, Revolver, that was created to be listened to rather than performed. This was the year the Beatles risked their popularity by retiring from live performances, recording songs that explored alternative states of consciousness, experimenting with avant-garde ideas, and speaking their minds on issues of politics, war, and religion. 

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [sound recording]

This Song Will Save Your Life: More Music in YA Fiction

May 24, 2017 | jonesw

Is there a song that changed your life? A song that made you feel happy or understood or saved? Check out a title that explores the effect of music in the lives of young people. 

Naked '76 by Kevin Brooks

In the summer of 1976, when punk rock is taking over England, Lili finds herself playing bass for a wild new band called Naked, and struggling to sort out complicated relationships with self-destructive band mates.

Nick & Norah's infinite playlist by Rachel Cohn

This Song Will Save Your Life: Music in YA Fiction

May 24, 2017 | jonesw

Is there a song that changed your life? A song that made you feel happy or understood or saved? Check out a title that explores the effect of music in the lives of young people. 

The bad decisions playlist by Michael Rubens

"Sixteen-year-old Austin, a self-described screw-up, finds out that his allegedly dead father happens to be the very-much-alive rock star Shane Tyler. Austin--a talented musician himself--is sucked into his newfound father's alluring music-biz orbit, pulling his true love, Josephine, along with him"--.

Exile by Kevin Emerson

As band manager for the up-and-coming DangerHeart, seventeen-year-old Summer Carlson navigates a relationship with the lead singer and decides whether to act on information that could rocket the band to stardom.

Location Change! Tuesday are Terrific: Matt Ball, Boogie Woogie Piano

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This program has been moved to the Summit on the Park Chesnut Room.

On the first week of this 5 weeks series in Heritage Park, Canton Public Library presents Matt Ball, Boogie Woogie Kid and piano player extraordinaire. The Tuesdays are TERRIFIC weekly music program is brought to you by Canton Leisure Services and we invite you all to meet your friends and neighbors for an afternoon of family entertainment, fresh air and fun at the auditorium in Heritage Park. Festivities begin at 11:30AM and all ages are encouraged.

All MDHHS and CDC health and safety guidelines will be observed at this event.

 

Upcoming sessions

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Super STEAM Summer Series

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Let's think outside of the box for a second...What does STEAM mean to you? This summer CPL is deviating from the norm and providing innovative programming around the science, technology, engineering, art and math disciplines. This programming is developed for patrons aged 11-13 and registration is required. Topics are as follows...

  • Friday, June 23 -  HTML - In this first session you will learn the basics of HTML coding, and design your own website. Customize the font, content, colors, and more. Bring a flash drive so you can save it, take it home, and show off your work. Designed for students with no coding experience. Registration is required and begins May 25.
  • Thursday, July 6 - Industrial Design: Where Art Meets Science - What's your big idea? Learn how Industrial Design helps tell the story of science ideas. Sketch, draw and design away. Registration is required and begins on June 23.
  • Thursday, August 10 - Sound Frequencies of a DJ - Motown DJ and producer Mike Huckaby visits the library for a STEAM experience like no other. Learn the ins and outs of sound mixing as well as the science behind the sound. Registration is required and begins July 25.

[light and sound image by Derek Σωκράτης Finch shared under CC 2.0]

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Music Makers in Real Life

March 4, 2017 | strande

March is Music in our Schools Month. Music makers come from all cultures and backgrounds, and sometimes the music we enjoy the most comes from surprising sources. Check out some of the musicians and composers featured below. When possible, links to their music are also listed. 

The cosmo-biography of Sun Ra : the sound of joy is enlightening by Christopher Raschka

A one-hundredth birthday tribute to the late jazz artist explores his observations about humanity's discriminatory and violent behaviors as well as his efforts to forge world peace through music with the Sun Ra Arkestra.

Listen: The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra

Esquivel! : space-age sound artist by Susan Wood

Describes how Juan García Esquivel, a Mexican composer popular in the 1950s and 1960s, developed his experimental style of music, based on mariachi and other Mexican music, jazz, the human voice, and the use of unusual instruments.

Listen: Nuevo (featuring Jean Garcia Esquivel)

Put a Song in Your Heart

November 15, 2016 | strande

Music can inspire us during our worst times, or be the backbone of a celebration. Check out some of these stories about the people behind the music, and check the links for where to listen to their tunes.

Little Melba and her big trombone by Katheryn Russell-Brown

A biography of African American musician Melba Doretta Liston, a virtuoso musician who played the trombone and composed and arranged music for many of the great jazz musicians of the twentieth century. Includes afterword, discography, and sources. Her music can be interloaned through MeL.

The music in George's head : George Gershwin creates Rhapsody in blue by Suzanne Slade

With rhythmic swirls of words and pictures, Suzanne Slade and Stacy Innerst beautifully reveal just how brilliantly Gershwin reached inside his head to create his masterpiece, Rhapsody in Blue. It's a surprising and whirlwind composition of notes and sounds and one long wail of a clarinet-dazzling and daring, just like George Gershwin himself!

Share a Story: Music Storytime

November 14, 2016 | strande

If you missed our Music Storytime this week, don't worry. Here are some of the stories and songs from this week's storytime, plus some suggestions to inspire a storytime that will get your toes tapping at home. 

From Storytime

Hiccupotamus by Steve Smallman

The jungle animals are having a musical celebration! Mouse squeaks, Bird tweets, and Centipede taps his feet. Then more animals hear the music and want to join in, as Monkey, Warthog, and Crocodile bring their own music-making talents to the group. But what is that silly Hippo doing?

Picturing Music

June 30, 2016 | jonesw

Check out a picture book featuring musicians, instruments, singers, and more!

Animal music by Harriet Ziefert

An assortment of animals playing various instruments make different kinds of music.

Imani's music by Sheron Williams

Imani, an African grasshopper, brings music to the new world when he travels aboard a slave ship.

Be Creative With Kids DVDs

June 16, 2016 | jonesw

Explore the arts with your favorite characters (or some new friends)  in these kids movies!

The museum [videodisc]

A young girl tours and twirls through museum galleries experiencing different emotions evoked by different styles of art, and then expresses her energy and inspiration when she finds an empty canvas.

Caillou [videodisc] : Caillou the creative

Four-year-old Caillou learns new lessons about life and the world around him. Contains twelve art-themed episodes.

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