![]() He received his Bachelor of Music Education from Southern Illinois University and his Master of Music from Western Illinois University. ![]() William Hayes is a retired music educator residing in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Pemberton’s leadership, TAHS was awarded an Institutional Achievement Award from the Michigan Museums Association. In 2001, he served as project director for the traveling Smithsonian Institution exhibition, Yesterday’s Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future. He was responsible for the development of numerous exhibitions and outreach programs that greatly enhanced TAHS’s visibility and reputation among the community. Pemberton has also served as President of the Tecumseh Area Historical Society (TAHS), where he oversaw that organization’s growth in membership, endowment and community arts and humanities programming. He has produced eight reference recordings with R4 that have received national and international critical acclaim. Pemberton has overseen the recreation of music for The Henry Ford Museum’s Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition 100th anniversary celebration and developed programming for schools, community audiences and prestigious cultural venues. Pemberton is a scholar and collector of ragtime music and history and helps maintain R4’s extensive collection of vintage orchestrations, piano sheet music, and original source materials. He has also performed as R4’s tuba player. William Pemberton resides in Tecumseh, MI and is cofounder and former music director of the River Raisin Ragtime Revue. For more information, call 31 or visit The Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan is an internationally recognized cultural destination that brings the past forward by immersing visitors in the stories of ingenuity, resourcefulness and innovation that helped shape America.William Pemberton, Chair and Executive Director ![]() Admission to Greenfield Village is free with membership or $24 adults, $22 senior (62 and up) and $17.50 youth (5-12). ![]() Sunday, July 14, at The Henry Ford, 20900 Oakwood Boulevard, Dearborn. The event will include guests participating in phonograph, player piano, professional ragtime dance demonstrations and a traditional cake walk fresh, locally sourced food demonstrations performances by River Raisin Ragtime Revue (Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon) and pianists participating in a high-energy piano cutting contest (Saturday only).įYI: The Ragtime Street Fair 9:30 a.m.-9 p.m. The River Raisin Ragtime Revue and the Tartarsauce Traditional Jazz Band will keep the music flowing all weekend with special concerts Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon. McCarthy, Brent Beggs, Mary Pitcher, Carolyn Dicks and Jerry Perrine. ![]() Visitors can enjoy live entertainment celebrating these pre-jazz glory days with piano performances by Taslimah Bey, “Perfessor” Bill Edwards, John Remmers, Bill Meyer, Daniel J. Inspired by the festivals from the early 20th century, Ragtime Street Fair brings this unique period in American history to life through live entertainment, delicious summer street fair food, dramatic performances and even ragtime dance lessons. Jazz up your summer at Greenfield Village’s seventh annual Ragtime Street Fair this weekend, July 13 -14, with special hours on Saturday until 9 p.m. ![]()
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