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Ragtime - The Mind and Music of Scott Joplin

Thursday, 25 April, 2024

• With the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

The son of a slave, Scott Joplin, grew up playing the piano in minstrel shows, saloons, and houses of prostitution. There, he found, nurtured, and ultimately became the grandmaster of a form - ragtime- that has made him one of music's immortals. In his concert lecture, Dr. Kogan makes the case that the Joplin rag is a uniquely American innovation - an original dance form clothed
in sophisticated, syncopated rhythms and bright harmonic colors that render it the New World's equivalent to a Mozart Minuet or a Chopin Mazurka. Dr. Kogan intersperses his engaging narrative with performances of Maple Leaf Rag, The Entertainer, and other gems of the genre.

Richard Kogan, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, and Artistic Director,
Weill Cornell Music and Medicine Program

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, 525 Pine St., Scranton, PA• 6:00 p.m

Performance, Lecture, and Reception - $40 per person. Free for Schemel Forum members.

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Rose Merritt

Phone: 570.941.4740
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Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

525 Pine St.
 Scranton, PA 18510