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Charlie's Place | Carolina Stories 1
Charlie's Place | Carolina Stories
Episode 1

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

The founding and early years of Charlie's Place - a jazz club where white and African American patrons alike were welcome during segregation.
Charlie's Place | Carolina Stories 4
Charlie's Place | Carolina Stories
Episode 4

Video

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Today, Charlie's Place is long gone. The City of Myrtle Beach purchased the Charlie's Place property in 2015, with the goals of renovating the area, and transforming it into a revitalized...
Charlie's Place | Carolina Stories 2
Charlie's Place | Carolina Stories
Episode 2

Video

Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

After World War II, there was an ever increasing popularity for the musical movement known as "Rhythm and Blues." Rhythm and Blues, along with a new invention called the Jukebox, transformed the music...
Charlie's Place | Carolina Stories 3
Charlie's Place | Carolina Stories
Episode 3

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Racial tensions in South Carolina strained with the rise of the "Dixiecrat" political party. One summer evening in 1950, Ku Klux Klan members shot up Charlie's Place, and Charlie Fitzgerald was beaten...
Dizzy Gillespie, Part 3 103
Dizzy Gillespie, Part 3
Episode 103

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

When the opportunity came for a young Dizzy Gillespie to leave Cheraw, he took it. Dizzy moved to Laurinburg, North Carolina, where he went to school at the Laurinburg Institute. While in Laurinburg...
Dizzy Gillespie, Part 2 102
Dizzy Gillespie, Part 2
Episode 102

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Dizzy Gillespie was awarded the coveted Handel Medal, which is New York City’s most prestigious arts award. Gillespie is also part of the Newport Jazz Festival Program, and introduced friends and...
James Brown | Digital Traditions
James Brown | Digital Traditions

Document

Grades: 6 7 8

James Brown was born in 1933 in Barnwell, SC, where he spent his early childhood. He developed his interest in music at an early age, performing gospel songs and first playing piano and later bass and...
Stanley Donen | S.C. Hall of Fame
Stanley Donen | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Stanley Donen is an Oscar winning film director and Broadway stage choreographer, who is credited for changing the way Hollywood musicals are viewed by movie audiences worldwide. He was born and...
Reflections of Columbia, Part 4 4
Reflections of Columbia, Part 4
Episode 4

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Grades: 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

The 1920s was a prosperous time for Columbia. The city experienced a cultural renaissance, even though the rural areas were feeling early pings of the oncoming depression. Dance clubs for both Whites...
Dizzy Gillespie: An Influential Teacher | Carolina Stories 3
Dizzy Gillespie: An Influential Teacher | Carolina Stories
Episode 3

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Grades: 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Dizzy Gillespie was not only a great entertainer, but was also known for being an influential music teacher. He earned his status as a famous musician not through instant gratification, but through...
Dizzy Gillespie: His Legacy | Carolina Stories 4
Dizzy Gillespie: His Legacy | Carolina Stories
Episode 4

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Grades: 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

The group discusses Dizzy Gillespie’s legacy, and what he meant to them, as a teacher, musician, and human being. Here, the song “Birks Works” is played by Charlton Singleton.
Dizzy Gillespie: Influence In Music | Carolina Stories 5
Dizzy Gillespie: Influence In Music | Carolina Stories
Episode 5

Video

Grades: 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Dick Goodwin returns to talk with the group about Dizzy Gillespie’s personality, and how Dizzy was able to influence an entire generation’s interest in this style of music, with his motivation, and...
Spartanburg Musical History | ETV Upstate
Spartanburg Musical History | ETV Upstate

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

A short profile of many popular musicians who got their start in Spartanburg, S.C., including Joe Bennett and the Sparkletones, Paul Riddle, the Marshall Tucker Band, Pink Anderson (from whom Pink...
Violin Family I | A Minute with Miles
Violin Family I | A Minute with Miles
Episode 1

Audio

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Have you ever wondered how the violin came to play such an important role in the history of classical music? Well, it starts with singing. The invention of opera, in late 16th century Florence, marks...
Piano Music During The Civil War Era (Full Version)
Piano Music During The Civil War Era (Full Version)
Episode 8

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

The American Civil War shaped every aspect of life in the South, including music. Along with songs and military band music published in the South during the war, a considerable repertoire of solo...
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Thomas "Blind Tom" Wiggins | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 1

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

In this first segment on Civil War piano music, Dr. David B. Thompson briefly discusses the life of African American composer Thomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins, and plays one of his works.
Piano As A Morale Booster | Walter Edgar's Journal
Piano As A Morale Booster | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 2

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Dr. Thompson outlines the importance of Confederate music publishers, and how they played a crucial role in distributing music throughout the South. He then discusses the different styles of music...
Violin Family II | A Minute with Miles
Violin Family II | A Minute with Miles
Episode 2

Audio

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

The members of the modern violin family are the violin, viola, cello, and double bass. These instruments are descendants of various kinds of medieval fiddles—fiddle, by the way, being an older word...
Charleston Renaissance | South Carolina Public Radio
Charleston Renaissance | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

“C” is for Charleston Renaissance [ca. 1915-1940]. The Charleston Renaissance was a multifaceted cultural renewal. Artists, musicians, writers, historians, and preservationists—individually and in...