BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Edison Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Edison Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e1cb8ecc-6f83-4060-a510-37d6adad5944 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260808T050903Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240727T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240727T160000 SUMMARY:Ethel Merman LOCATION:Clara Barton Branch\nClara Barton Branch X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Clara Barton Branch;X-APPL E-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Clara Barton Branch:geo:40.5339676,-74.3300359 GEO:40.5339676;-74.3300359 DESCRIPTION:Presented and performed by Fred Miller. .\nhttps://edisonpubli clibrary.libnet.info/event/10921655 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

On Broadway\, there was one performer who was truly inimitable. From that historic moment in 1930 when she delivered the Gershwins&rsquo\; &ldquo\;I Got Rhythm&rdquo\; to a stunned audience\ , Ethel Merman was and remained Broadway&rsquo\;s greatest (and most banka ble) star\, \; the definitive\, brassy Voice of the Great White Way\, the Classic Belter.

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Merman&rsquo\;s mystique lay in the extraordin ary power of a voice delivered by a sassy\, humorous\, no-nonsense dame. S he could be touching and feminine\, she could be a steamroller. Whatever i t was\, it was invincibly Merman\, and what you saw was what you got.

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And what Broadway got was at least a dozen hit shows\, none of which r an less than six months thanks to her special brand of exhilarating entert ainment.

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Fred Miller&rsquo\;s \;Lectures-In-Song \;com prise a series of solo programs\, each an historical\, anecdotal and music al profile of some great personality or important aspect of American Popul ar Song. These Lectures are delivered by singer/pianist/narrator Miller at the piano\, and each reflects his lifetime passion and appreciation for g reat music. He studied classical piano in his hometown of Albuquerque from ages 7-15 but early on gave up any notion of music as a profession. At th at time\, Fred assumed a musical career was either one devoted to the rigi d discipline of classical music or being a freewheeling rock star\, and he accurately decided he had no aptitude for either. However\, at age 22\, u pon hearing Ella Fitzgerald sing Cole Porter\, he found his calling and li fe&rsquo\;s mission.

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In presenting history\, biography an d psychology while sitting at a piano singing the superlative songs of his heroes\, Miller has found a single performing medium that utilizes most o f his intellectual and musical passions. The list of \;Lectures-In-Son g \;that began with six in 1999 is now more than seventy(and growing!) \, a joyful tribute to the boundlessly rich field of American Popular Song .

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