Guest Speaker

Craig speaking on Technology’s Impact on Music History at Le Chapelle Historique du Bon Pasteur, Montreal.

These fun and enducational events are available as single lectures or a series for your social group or organization. They are illustrated with recordings, videos, and live music examples.

The many satisfied clients include : Le Salon de Guitare (Montreal Jazz Festival), The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the McGill Centre For Continuing Education, Chapters bookstore, the McGill Young Alumni Association, the Beth Ora Seniors, the Beaconsfield Library, the Cote St. Luc Library, the Dorval Library, the Cummings Jewish Center, Le Phonotheque Quebecoise, and the Montreal Jazz Society. Radio versions were presented on CBC radio over a two year period.

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Morrison’s lectures and courses have been profiled many times in the Montreal Gazette and other publications. In 1993 he was awarded The Distinguished Teaching Award from the McGill Centre For Continuing Education.

"Morrison, noted Montreal musicologist and swell musician, has been teaching everything from the blues to the Beatles for the last 15 years at McGill and Concordia universities as well as more offbeat learning centres like Zeke’s [Gallery]. Morrison not only imparts knowledge on legends...but also plays the classics for his students." - Let’s Spend the Night Together in Stones Class by Bill Brownstein, Montreal Gazette, November 9, 2002.

Poster for the technology lecture (sponsored by the Phonotheque Quebecoise).

TOPICS

 Pioneering Players of Electric Guitar
 John Lennon and Yoko Ono : The Music of Love and Peace
 Andy Warhol’s Jukebox
 History of the Blues
 History of Rock and Roll
 Rock Music of the 1980s and 1990s
 History of Country Music
 Swing : Big Bands and Beyond
 Top Songs of the 20th Century
 Elvis Presley and Rockabilly
 Al Jolson : World’s Greatest Entertainer
 Louis Armstrong and his World
 George Gershwin’s Life and Music
 Vaudeville and Hollywood Music
 Rock Music on Film
 The Music of the 1950s
 Wild Thing : The Music of the 1960s
 The Summer of Love
 The Music of the Beatles
 The Music of Bob Dylan
 The Music of the Rolling Stones
 The Music of Van Morrison
 The Music Detective : Song Lyrics
 Folk Music
 Rhythm & Blues, Motown, and Soul
 A History of Popular Music in Canada
 Sound Effects : Technology’s Impact on Music History

The Gershwin Talk

At the talk on George Gershwin’s Life And Times, at the Beth Ora Synagogue, Ville St. Laurent.
From left : Min Kofman, Mary Boeko, Craig, Mignonne Klein.