Description: Composer Earl Kim plays piano and talks about Hiroshima.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/01/1983
Description: BENJAMIN ZANDER CONDUCTS NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY Youth Chamber Orchestra (YCO) featuring young violinist Elizabeth Larson. Jordan Hall.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/13/1986
Description: Violist and teacher Eugene Lehner talks about chamber music. Shanghai Quartet. Benjamin Zander.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/03/1987
Description: POWELL FLUTES BEING MADE AND PLAYED IN ARLINGTON FACTORY
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/08/1984
Description: Short history of piano making. Instrument crafting in progress at Falcone factory. Virginia Eskin and David Hagan try out piano and comment. Chickering stills.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/07/1984
Description: Arthur Fiedler obituary. History of the Boston Pops bringing symphony music to all people. Clips from interview with Fielder on starting the Pops and the original Shell performance space. Footage from Pop Fourth of July performance.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/10/1979
Description: Mayor Ray Flynn visits Boston Latin School. Music students play Yankee Doodle Dandy badly on clarinets. Ray shoots baskets in coed gym class. School officials usher Ray through halls, classrooms, library, auditorium, pointing out problems.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/08/1984
Description: Kennedy School forum on rating lyrics. Woman speaks on a Senate hearing on the Parent Music Resource Center proposal, which says the record companies have a responsibility to identify recordings with explicit lyrics, and have the option to print the lyrics on the album covers. Frank Zappa speaks. He argues against the Senate hearing, especially advocating for the rights of those who wrote the lyrics. He quotes PMRC member, Tipper Gore. He recounts the Senate hearing. Throughout his comments, he pokes fun at those involved.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/31/1985
Description: Marcus Jones reports on the Franklin Park Zoo's programs in celebration of Black History Month. The zoo's Black Arts Festival celebrates the roots of contemporary African American culture. There are various performances, including rapping, dancing, and storytelling. Interview with spokesperson Barbara Levitoff, who talks about the important link between the zoo and the community. Following the edited story is b-roll of animals at the zoo, including antelope, wildebeests, and zebras.
1:00:07: Visual: Footage of a young African American man rapping into a microphone. Another young African American man breakdances behind him. Footage of a breakdancer performing for an audience of schoolchildren. Footage of an African American woman telling a story to a class of elementary school students. Most of the students are African American or minority. Marcus Jones reports that the Franklin Park Zoo celebrates Black History Month with programs including singing, dancing, and storytelling. V: Footage of Barbara Levitoff (Franklin Park Zoo spokesperson) saying that the Franklin Park Zoo is a "community zoo"; that the Franklin Park Zoo is using its community resource room for Black History Month programs. Jones reports that the Black Arts Festival at the Franklin Park Zoo celebrates the roots of contemporary African American culture; that the program focuses on the African wildlife at the zoo. V: Shots of the storyteller; a breakdancer spinning on his head; of a zebra. Footage of white woman telling a story to a room of schoolchildren; of white and African American rappers and breakdancers performing for an audience of schoolchildren. Jones reports that the program features folklore, poetry, and rap music; that the rap music has a "pro-achievement and anti-drug" message. Jones says that the programs provide a positive boost for a public resource which is struggling to improve its image and facilities. V: Shots of gnus at the zoo. Footage of Levitoff saying that cities need zoos; that the public likes zoos. Marcus Jones stands on the snowy grounds of the Franklin Park Zoo. Jones reports that renovations at the zoo are scheduled to be completed in 1989; that the zoo will have an African theme. Jones notes that the Black History Month programs are a way for the zoo to strengthen its links with the community; that the zoo is a resource for people of all cultures and backgrounds.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/18/1987
Description: INTERVIEW WITH JAMES GALWAY ABOUT FLUTEMAKING, SHOTS OF JAPANESE FLUTE
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/09/1984