Big Band Swing PowerPoint Presentation with music clips, 8 December | Event in Woburn | AllEvents

Big Band Swing PowerPoint Presentation with music clips

Woburn Historical Society

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Mon, 08 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm

Woburn Memorial High School

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Mon, 08 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm (EST)

Woburn Memorial High School

Woburn Memorial High School, 88 Montvale Ave, Woburn, MA 01801, United States

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Big Band Swing PowerPoint Presentation with music clips
John Clark from The Great American Music Experience will present a dynamic PowerPoint with music clips. The Big Band era officially started in the summer of 1935 but the transition from hot jazz and Dixieland had begun much earlier in the decade. We’ll trace the roots of Big Band music, including the back story of the King of Swing himself, Benny Goodman. Then you’ll hear Benny’s hits like Goody, Goody, Taking a Chance on Love and the historic Carnegie Hall performance of Sing, Sing, Sing! You’ll also be treated to live performances of Goodman vocalists Martha Tilton and Peggy Lee. The last third of the program will be devoted to the most popular bandleader of this period, Glenn Miller with 22 chart-topping songs from 1939-1943. You’ll understand the origins of the unmistakable Glenn Miller sound heard clearly in his theme song, Moonlight Serenade. You’ll see live performances of two of his biggest hits, Chattanooga Choo Choo and In the Mood. There’s even footage of Glenn leading the 50-piece Army Air Force Band in the summer of 1944, just months before he boarded the flight to France that took his life. For ten years orchestral jazz became America’s popular music and you’re invited to wax nostalgic as you learn about two of its biggest stars.


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Big Band Swing PowerPoint Presentation with music clips, 8 December | Event in Woburn | AllEvents
Big Band Swing PowerPoint Presentation with music clips
Mon, 08 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm