Smoke, Swing, and the American Dream Playing at the Museum this Weekend with Lisa McAlister and Tom Servinsky
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Between the Roaring Twenties and the Swinging Sixties, America was coming of age and finding its rhythm.
In the smoke of jazz clubs and the tinny buzz of Tin Pan Alley, and out of Broadway’s orchestra pits and Hollywood’s soundstages, composers like Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, and Harold Arlen spun out melodies that captured the country’s swagger and longing.
“Over the Rainbow.” “New York, New York.” “Fly Me to the Moon.”
Songs so quintessentially American they’ve become part of our collective bloodstream.
This Saturday, April 18 at 3 p.m., that golden age of song takes center stage right here at the Vero Beach Museum of Art, as pianist Tom Servinsky and vocalist Lisa Macalaster perform Selections from the Great American Songbook. It’s the sound of a nation coming into its own, and it’s happening in our own backyard.
The concert dovetails beautifully with American Made: Paintings and Sculpture from the DeMell Jacobsen Collection, now on view through June 7.
Together, they trace the chord and color of American identity. This season, the museum has turned that spirit into a full cultural conversation, from Ballet Vero Beach’s Made in America performance to the International Lecture Series diving into topics as quintessentially American as bourbon and the national parks.
Tickets are $20 for members, $25 for non-members, and include gallery admission. Reserve at vbmuseum.org.
