March 10th, 2017 – UW Professor Les Thimmig Presents “The Life & Music Of Charlie Parker.”

March 10th, 2017 – UW Professor Les Thimmig Presents “The Life & Music Of Charlie Parker.”
 In another outreach program associated with Madison Opera’s production of “Charlie Parker’s Yardbird,” UW Professor Les Thimmig presents a talk about Parker and the history of bebop, and demonstrates on saxophone the innovations that he brought to the music.  6:30 PM, Oregon Public Library, 256 Brook Street, Oregon.  Free admission.  http://www.madisonopera.org/education/talks/.