Music & History

Many-Strings provides educational programs for adults, families, and students. We are vetted musicians and educators on the City of San Diego and San Diego County list of performers. We regularly perform for libraries, OASIS, community centers and retirement communities.

  • History Through Music: Live Concerts and Programs:
    • Celtic Songs from Molly's Tavern
    • American Roots: Courting and Ragamuffins!
    • Songs from the Wild West
    • Life on the Tracks: Train Songs
    • America's First Songs and Ballads
    • San Diego History Through Music
    • United States History Through Music
    • Love and Life in American Folk Music
    • Ships, Islands, and Pirates: A Treasure Chest
    • Music from San Diego's Old Town
Holiday Focused Live Shows: 
    • St. Patrick's Day Folk Music
    • 4th of July: Songs for Independence
    • Honoring our Veterans: A Live Music Show with Historical Music
    • Honoring Memorial Day: Songs and Poetry
    • Christmas and Seasonal Songs and Carols
    • Hanukkah: Live Show with Poetry, Wisdom texts and more!
    • Thanksgiving Notes: Colonial America.
    • Halloween Classical, Pop and Poetry
  • Additional Live Shows 
    • Folk Music of the Peter, Paul and Mary Era
  • Music Appreciation: Very Popular Classical Focus: 
    • The Evolution of Western Music: 600 Years in 60 Minutes
    • The Five Classical Music Periods
    • The Music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance 
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: The Music and its Sonnet
    • The Music of Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Bach's Brandenburg Concertos
    • The Music of George Fredrick Handel
    • Mozart: The Boy Wonder, his Music and Constance
    • Ludwig Van Beethoven
    • Brahms: Romantic and Classical
    • Ravel: The Expressive Romantic 
    • Debussy: French Impressions
    • The Music of Tchaikovsky
    • Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition
    • Grieg Is Norway
    • Rachmaninoff: Profound and Romantic
    • Ralph Vaughn Williams: An English Delight
    • Holst's "The Planets" and more!
    • Fabulous Women Composers
  • Music by Country or Region (Music Appreciation): 
    • Composed in America: The Evolution of American Orchestral Music
    • Composed in America: Diversity and Creativity in Popular Music
    • Composed in England: Renaissance to Modern
    • Orchestral Music from England's Green Fields (Romantic & Modern Eras)
    • Composed in Ireland: Ancient to Today
    • Celtic Folk Traditions: Scotland, Brittany and more!
    • Composed in France
    • Composed in Spain
    • Native American Music
  • American Music (Music Appreciation)
    • American Creativity: Grofe and Gershwin
    • Gershwin: A Musical Comet!
    • Ferde Grofe: Iconic American Landscapes and more!
    • The Music of Aaron Copland: An American Original
    • Amy Beach, An Early American Composer
    • North American Native American Music: Painting the Sky
    • The American Musical: Love and Drama in Camelot and Siam
    • American Drama: Maria, Tony, Porgy and Bess
    • American Musicals Out West!
  • Instruments (Music Appreciation): 
    • The Lute, Mandolin and Guitar in the Classical World
    • The Classical Piano: Charming, Dramatic, and much more!
    • The Harp: Ancient and Modern Beauty
    • The Violin and Fiddle: Lush Melodies and Romantic Folk Tunes
    • The Cello: A Historical Celebration
    • The Hammered Dulcimer: Enchanting, Mystical, and Lovely
    • The Flute: Majestic Notes from our Breath
    • The Brass: Celebrating the Brass and their Evolution 
    • The Clarinet: An Historical Appreciation
    • The Organ: Classic and Jazzy!
    • Sax Sounds
  • Movie Music (Music Appreciation) 
    • Orchestral Music for the Movies
    • The Music of John Williams
    • Morricone: Italian Giant of Dramatic Film Music
    • Hans Zimmer: Composer of Spectacular Film Music, a History
    • John Barry: Music for James Bond and much more!
    • James Horner: Film Score to Love
    • Fabulous Orchestral Music from Animated Films
    • The Music of Joe Hisaishi: Music that will Spirit You Away!
    • Maurice Jarre: French Composer for Lawrence of Arabia and much more!
    • Hollywood! 100+ Years of Creativity
    • Iconic Overtures: From Arabia to Space
  • Inspired by....
    • Music Inspired by Fairy Tales
    • Music Inspired by the Mountains
    • Music Inspired by our Rivers, Seas and Oceans
    • Music Inspired by Space
    • Animals in Music: Classical and Folk Motifs
  • Popular Music (Music Appreciation)
    • Ragtime to Swing!
    • Jazz: Exceptional Creativity
    • Jazzy Vibes and Hammonds
    • Ella and Company
    • The Blues: 100 Years
    • American Folk Music: From the Colonies to the Beatnik Coffee House
    • The Folk Renaissance Era
    • Country Music: America's Soul
    • Songs From the Saddle
    • Bluegrass: From the Grand Ole Opry to Southern CA
    • Catch the Wave: The History of Surf Music
    • Little Surfer Girl Meets Eleanor Rigby: Rock's Golden Era
    • Island Sounds
    • Animals in Music: Classical and Folk Motifs
  • Holiday Focus: Music Appreciation
    • Expressions of Christmas: 2000+ Years
    • Hanukkah and Jewish Folk Music
    • Orchestral Music for Memorial Day
    • Summer Solstice Set
    • Octoberfest and More!
  • Classical: More Focus, Excellent Selections 
    • Baroque Era Composers
    • Haydn: The Father of the Symphony and much more!
    • Mozart: The Concertos
    • Beethoven's Concertos
    • Beethoven's Symphonies
    • Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn and the Sonata Piano
    • Luigi Boccherini: Special Creativity!
    • Franz Schubert: Poetic Bohemian
    • Felix Mendelssohn: Classical and Romantic
    • Robert and Clara Schumann: German Romantic Genius
    • Wagner: A Complicated Giant!
    • Smetana and Dvorak: Czech Creativity, Bohemia and the New World
    • Smetana: Bohemia and Czech Music
    • Camille Saint-Saens: Luscious French Perfection 
    • Chopin and Liszt: Supernovas!
    • Max Bruch: Romantic Master of the Violin
    • Respighi: The Romantic Italian 
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: The Russian Master
    • Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture
    • Tchaikovsky's Ballets
    • The Waltz: From Austria to Folk, and much more!
    • Classical Music Inspired by the Mountains
  • Experiencing Music: 
    • Music for Reflection and Meditation

Click here to view or download historical document from Sam Hinton: "Singing Through American History," which contains primary source information regarding music and United States history.
Click here to view, download, or print the Musical Information for Parents PDF