“noonartsound” returns to the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library on Tuesday, October 7 – noon to 1pm in the O’Shaughnessy Room, Rm 108.

Free and open to all, noonartsound brings together the talents of Dr. Shelly Nordtorp-Madson, chief curator and a member of the clinical faculty in the Department of Art History, and Dr. Chris Kachian, guitarist and professor of music.   Often the programs are enhanced by students or faculty members who bring their own expertise to the specific programs.

This semester’s first noonartsound on Oct. 7 will focus on jazz from the 1940′s and World War II era.

“From zoot suits and bobby soxers to rationing and victory gardens, to the GI Bill and Rosie the Riveter, the 1940′s was a time of great social upheaval, leaving no part of society untouched,” says Kachian, giving a taste of what will be offered.  “Frank Sinatra was a teenaged star and Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire brought a whisper of a carefree, sophisticated society that was far from armament factories and foxholes.”

Nordtorp-Madson and Kachian have been performing these popular lecture-concerts together for more than 12 years. The professors are known their unique style and humor, along with beautiful, satisfying, yet “unstuffy” presentations of their art.   If you have any questions, please contact Julie Kimlinger at 651-962-5014 or jakimlinger@stthomas.edu

Here is the noonartsound schedule for the rest of the year – we hope you will be able to join us!

• Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014:         Ireland
• Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014:         Spanish Flamenco with Guest Guitarist Tony Hauser
• Tuesday, March 3, 2015:      Vienna and Franz Schubert
• Tuesday, April 7, 2015:        The British Invasion: 1964-1967
• Tuesday, May 5, 2015:         The 1930’s With Songs of the Early Labor Movement