# March 9 - The Invention of an American Sound, the Music of Copland, Bernstein, and Gershwin #### calendar\_today Date and Time **March 9, 2020** 02:00PM - 04:00PM EDT #### pin\_drop Location **Phillips Brooks House - Living Room** Dotty Burstein will offer a presentation on the lives and music of American composers Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, and George Gershwin. She will also provide some instruction on listening techniques. Dotty has had a lifelong interest in the intersection of composers’ lives and their music. As children, she and her sister made up the piano and violin portion of a trio with a cellist friend and entertained at local service clubs. She participated in music competitions across the state of Georgia where she grew up. In college she was inducted into the music fraternity Sigma Alpha Iota and took master classes with composer Edwin Gerschefski. Today Dotty continues to enjoy attending concerts and recitals and encourages others to find joy and inspiration in music through music appreciation classes she holds at various venues throughout the metro-west area. Refreshments and discussion with Ms. Burstein to follow. Free but registration requested. Send by post or mail to: Margaret Carayannopoulos, 75 Village Wood Drive, Burlington, MA 01803. Email: . Questions -- call: 781-820-7408 Parking available to Broadway Garage. Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#) Save: [ Add to calendar calendar\_today ](https://hura.harvard.edu/node/1274080/event-feed.ics) Copy link link