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African Child Neurology   Association(ACNA) Africa  
Pan-Arab Union of   Neurological Sciences Arab  
Sociedad Argentina d e   Neurologia Ifantil Argentina  
Asian and Oceanian Child   Neurology Association Asia Oceania  
Australian and New Zealand   Child Neurology Society Australia  
Baltic Child Neurology   Association Baltic  
Belgische Vereniging voor   Kinderneurologie Belgium  
Sociedade Brasileira de   Neurologia Infantil(SBNI) Brasil  
Canadian Association of Child   Neurology (CACN) Canada  
The Garrod Society Canada  
Chilean Society of Child and   Adolescent Psychiatry and Neurology (SOPNIA) Chile  
China Child Neurology Society   (CCNS) China  
Hrvatsko drustvo za djecju   neurologiju (Croatia) Croatia  
Czech Society of Child   Neurology of the Czech Medical Association Czech Republic
Dansk Neuropiatrisk Selskab   (Danish Neuropaediatric Society) Denmark  
Egyptian Neuropediatric   Society (ENPS) Egypt  
Egyptian Society of Child   Neuro-Psychiatry Egypt  
Egyptian Specialized Society   of pediatric Neurology And Neurodisability (ESSPNN) Egypt  
European Pediatric Neurology   Society Europe  
Gesellschaft fur   Neuropaediatrie Germany  
Greek League Against   Epilepsy Greece  
Hong Kong Society of   Pediatric Neurology Hong Kong  
Hungarian Association for   Paediatric Neurology and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Hungary  
Indian Association of   Paediatric Neurology India  
Association of Child   Neurology (AOCN) India  
Indonesian Paediatric Society   (Neurology Working Group) Indonesia  
Israeli Association of Child   Neurology and Developmental Medicine Israel  
Italian Society of Child and   Adolescent Neurology and Psychiatry Italy  
Board of Information   (Japanese Society of Child Neurology) Japan  
Korean Child Neurology   Association Korea  
Latin American society of   Child Neurology Latin America  
Sociedad Mexicana de   Neurologa Pediatrica, A.C Mexico  
American Academy of   Neurology North America
Norwegian Neuropediatric   Society Norway  
Child Neurology Society of   the Philippines Philippines  
Polish Child Neurology   Society Poland  
Sociedade Portuguesa de   Neuropediatria Portugal  
Romanian Society of Neurology   and Psychiatry for Children and Adolescents(SNPCAR) Romania  
Saudi Paediatric Neurology   Society Saudi Arabia  
Scandinavian Neuropediatric   Society Scandinavia  
Paediatric Neurology and   Development Association of South Africa South Africa  
Society of Neurosurgeons of   South Africa South Africa Graham Fieggen
South African Society of   Human Genetics (SASHG) South Africa Karen Fieggen
South African   Neurodevelopmental Therapy Association South Africa Andrea Fourie
South African Paediatric   Association South Africa Mignon McCulloch
SA-ACAPAP South Africa Petrus de Vries Linda Theron
SA-ChilD South Africa Gillian Saloojee
Neurological Association of   South Africa (NASA) South Africa Patty Francis
USANA (South African   neonatologists) South Africa Dini Mawela
Clinical Neurophysiology   Society of South Africa South Africa Christelle vd Walt
Paediatric Management Group   (PMG) – private paediatric group South Africa Omolemo Kitchin
Epilepsy Society of South   Africa (ESSA) – ILAE- SA chapter South Africa Gail Scher
ILAE – African Commission South Africa Angelina Kakooza
African Federation of   Neurology South Africa Augustina Charway-Felli
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Sociedad Espanola de   Neurologa Peditrica Spain  
Sudanese Association of   Neuroscience Sudan  
Swedish Paediatric Neurology   Society Sweden  
Schweizerische Gesellschaft   fur Neuropadiatrie / Societe Suisse de la Neuropediatrie Switzerland  
Swiss Paediatric Neurology   Society Switzerland  
Taiwan Child Neurology   Society Taiwan  
Dutch Pediatric Society The Netherlands
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Association Tunisienne De   Neurologie De L'enfant Et L'adolescent Tunisia  
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 12
SIG Option #1 SIG Option #3 SIG Option #5
SIG Option #2 SIG Option #4 SIG Option #6
TUESDAY, OCTOBER   13
Meet the Experts:   Experimental Therapeutics; Gene Therapy for Childhood Neurological Disorders
SIG Option #7 SIG Option #9 SIG Option #11
Workshop:   Neuropsychiatry/Movement Disorders: Practical Management of Functional   Neurologic Diseases in Children
SIG Option #8 SIG Option #10
Meet the Experts:   Ethics: Costly Drugs and Healthcare —Ethics and Value Perspectives from   Different Healthcare Systems
Meet the Experts:   Neuroimmunology: Parainfections and Seronegative Autoimmune Encephalitis in   Children: Updates and Controversies
Seminar 1: Epilepsy:   Don't Ask Don't Tell, or Full Disclosure? Discussing SUDEP with Patients and   Families in the Global Community
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER   14
Seminar 2:   Neuroinfectious Disease: Measles Vaccination - Current Situation and   Consequences - A Global Perspective
EXHIBITS
SIG Option #12 SIG Option #14 SIG Option #16
Seminar 3:   Neurogenetics: Recent Advances in the Etiologies and Mechanisms Underlying   Common Brain Malformations
SIG Option #13 SIG Option #15 SIG Option #17
Seminar 4:   Neuroimmunology: A New Era for Patients with NMOSD, including Children
Seminar 5: Stroke:   Pediatric Stroke in the Era of Advanced Genetics
Junior Member Session   1: Becoming a Physician Scientist in Pediatric Neurology
THURSDAY, OCTOBER   15
Workshop: Epilepsy:   Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery: When, by Whom, and What to Expect?
EXHIBITS
SIG Option #18 SIG Option #20 SIG Option #22
Workshop: Global   Neurology: Training to Bridge the Gap in Global Access to Child Neurology   Care
SIG Option #19 SIG Option #21 SIG Option #23
Junior Member Session   2: Nurturing the Global Pipeline of Academic Child Neurologists
Meet the Experts:   Behavioral Neurology: Management of Behavior in Children with   Neurodevelopmental Disorders
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16
Meet the Experts:   Neuro-Cutaneous Disorders (In spanish): Neurocutaneous Syndrome Iberoamerican   Network
SIG Option #24 SIG Option #26
Seminar 6: Headache   (In spanish): Migraine in Children and Adolescents- Diagnosis, Management and   Treatment
SIG Option #25 SIG Option #27
Seminar 7:   NeuroinflammationL: Interferonopathies
Seminar 8: Neonatal   Neurology: The Value of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Newborn 
Meet the Experts:   Neuromuscular: The Many Faces of Pediatric Neuromuscular Diseases: Cases,   Approaches, Pearls and Challenges
Workshop:   Epilepsy/General Child Neurology: Telehealth- A Means to Global Outreach
Junior Member Session   3: International Clinical Research Consortia in Child Neurology: Get   Involved!
Child Neurology   Foundation: Shortening the Diagnostic Odyssey
Meet the Experts:   Movement Disorders: Tics, Stereotypies, and their Look-a-Likes –   Understanding and Managing Repetitive Movements
MONDAY, OCTOBER 19
Neurobiology of   Disease in Children Symposium: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
SIG Option #28 SIG Option #29
SIG Option #30
TUESDAY, OCTOBER   20
JOHN STOBO PRITCHARD AWARD LECTURE:  Nicola Specchio, MD, PhD, Bambino Gesu'   Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy: Developmental   and Epileptic Encephalopathies: What we know and what we do not know
BERNARD SACHS AWARD   LECTURE: Joseph G. Gleeson, MD; University of California San Diego, Rady   Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine, San Diego, CA, USA: Genes as a Window into the Developing Brain
Exhibits
SYMPOSIUM 1:   NEUROIMMUNOLOGY: International Consensus Opinions in   Opsoclonus-Myoclonus-Ataxia Syndrome
SYMPOSIUM 2: STROKE:   Pediatric Stroke: Hot Topics, Global Challenges
SYMPOSIUM 3: EPILEPSY:   Infantile Spasms - Current Management -A Global Perspective; The Way Forward
SYMPOSIUM 4:   NEURO-ONCOLOGY: Pediatric Mixed Neuronal-Glial Tumors: New Classifications,   Molecular Understandings and Targeted Therapy
SYMPOSIUM 5:   NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE: Advances in Pediatric Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
SYMPOSIUM 6: NEONATAL   SEIZURES: Practical Approaches to Classification, Diagnosis and Management
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER   21
SHEILA WALLACE AWARD LECTURE: Suvasini Sharma, MD, DM; Lady   Hardinge Medical College and Associated Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital,   New Delhi, India: Dietary Therapies for Epilepsy in Low   Resource Settings: Challenges and Successes
PHILIP R. DODGE YOUNG   INVESTIGATOR AWARD LECTURE: Hsiao-Tuan Chao, MD, PhD; Baylor College of   Medicine, Houston, TX, USA: The Impact of Serendipity:   From "Rare" Neurodevelopmental Disorders to Common Insights
Exhibits
SYMPOSIUM 9:   NEUROGENETICS: Current Status of Developmental Encephalopathies: Rett   syndrome, MECP2 Duplication Disorder, CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder, and FOXG1   Disorder
SYMPOSIUM 10:   NEUROIMMUNOLOGY: Cutting Edge Technology in Neuroinflammation: Advancing   Science and Increasing Capacity in Low and Middle-income Countries 
SYMPOSIUM 11:   COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL NEUROLOGY: The Molecular & Cellular Basis of   Developmental Cognitive & Behavioral Disorders
SYMPOSIUM 12: SLEEP:   Integrating Pediatric Sleep Medicine into Child Neurology
SYMPOSIUM 13: CEREBRAL   PALSY: An Open Discussion on the Definition of Cerebral Palsy
SYMPOSIUM 14:   EPILEPSY: Epilepsy and Psychiatric Comorbidities
SYMPOSIUM 15: GLOBAL   NEUROLOGY: Global Challenges and Opportunities in Inpatient Child Neurology
SYMPOSIUM 16:   EPILEPSY: Ketogenic Diets in Child Neurology – A Tale of 100 Years: What Does   the Future Hold?
THURSDAY, OCTOBER   22
LINDA DE MEIRLEIR NEUROMETABOLIC AWARD: Lance Rodan, MD,   FRCP(C); Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA:   Update in Pediatric Neurometabolic Disorders 2020
HOWER AWARD LECTURE:   Kenneth J. Mack, MD, PhD; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA: Migraine,   Vertigo, and Dizziness
SYMPOSIUM 17: NEONATAL   NEUROLOGY: Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Congenital Heart Disease: From   Fetal Pathogenesis to Prevention
SYMPOSIUM 18:   NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS: IN SPANISH: Beyond Pharmacological Treatment   for Neurodevelopmental Disorders: What Parents and Physicians Want to Know   About the Available Options
SYMPOSIUM 19: ETHICS:   Humanism in Child Neurology: The Time is Now!
     
SYMPOSIUM 20:   HEADACHE: Migraine Management in 2020:    New Options for Treatment and How to Incorporate Recent Guidelines and   Novel Treatments in Clinical Practice
SYMPOSIUM 21:   NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE: Gene Transfer for Children: What we Know Now
SYMPOSIUM 22:   EPILEPSY: IN SPANISH: Pediatric Epilepsy. When Drugs Don’t Work
SYMPOSIUM 23:   NEURO-METABOLIC DISORDERS: Vitamin Responsive Conditions in Child Neurology:   Whats New?
SYMPOSIUM 24: GLOBAL   NEUROLOGY: Pediatric Neurology. A Global Perspective
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23
FRANK FORD AWARD LECTURE: Charles Newton, MD; University of   Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme,   Kilifi, Kenya: The Global Burden of Paediatric   Neurological Disorders
SYMPOSIUM 25:   TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: New Advances in Management, Treatment and   Rehabilitation
SYMPOSIUM 26:   NEUROMETABOLIC DISORDERS: Novel Advanced Treatment in Neurogenetic Disorders
SYMPOSIUM 27:   NEUROIMMUNOLOGY: MOG Antibody Associated Neurological Disease – An Update for   the Clinician
SYMPOSIUM 28: GLOBAL   NEUROLOGY: Integration of Global Health and Child Neurology: Perspectives and   Successful Partnerships Around the World
     
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 12
                                                       
                          SIG Option #1   SIG Option #3   SIG Option #5        
                                                       
                          SIG Option #2   SIG Option #4   SIG Option #6        
                                                       
                                                       
TUESDAY, OCTOBER   13
                            Meet the Experts:   Experimental Therapeutics; Gene Therapy for Childhood Neurological Disorders                    
                          SIG Option #7     SIG Option #9     SIG Option #11    
                                      Workshop:   Neuropsychiatry/Movement Disorders: Practical Management of Functional   Neurologic Diseases in Children          
                          SIG Option #8     SIG Option #10              
                                                Meet the Experts:   Ethics: Costly Drugs and Healthcare —Ethics and Value Perspectives from   Different Healthcare Systems
                                                       
                                                Meet the Experts:   Neuroimmunology: Parainfections and Seronegative Autoimmune Encephalitis in   Children: Updates and Controversies
                                                       
                                                Seminar 1: Epilepsy:   Don't Ask Don't Tell, or Full Disclosure? Discussing SUDEP with Patients and   Families in the Global Community
                                                       
                                                       
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER   14
        Seminar 2:   Neuroinfectious Disease: Measles Vaccination - Current Situation and   Consequences - A Global Perspective                                        
                                                       
                EXHIBITS                    
                                                       
                          SIG Option #12     SIG Option #14     SIG Option #16    
                  Seminar 3:   Neurogenetics: Recent Advances in the Etiologies and Mechanisms Underlying   Common Brain Malformations                              
                          SIG Option #13     SIG Option #15     SIG Option #17    
                            Seminar 4:   Neuroimmunology: A New Era for Patients with NMOSD, including Children                    
                                                       
                                      Seminar 5: Stroke:   Pediatric Stroke in the Era of Advanced Genetics          
                                                       
                                                Junior Member Session   1: Becoming a Physician Scientist in Pediatric Neurology
                                                       
                                                       
THURSDAY, OCTOBER   15
        Workshop: Epilepsy:   Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery: When, by Whom, and What to Expect?                                        
                                                       
                EXHIBITS                    
                                                       
                          SIG Option #18     SIG Option #20     SIG Option #22    
                  Workshop: Global   Neurology: Training to Bridge the Gap in Global Access to Child Neurology   Care                              
                          SIG Option #19     SIG Option #21     SIG Option #23    
                            Junior Member Session   2: Nurturing the Global Pipeline of Academic Child Neurologists                    
                                                       
                                      Meet the Experts:   Behavioral Neurology: Management of Behavior in Children with   Neurodevelopmental Disorders          
                                                       
                                                       
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16
        Meet the Experts:   Neuro-Cutaneous Disorders (In spanish): Neurocutaneous Syndrome Iberoamerican   Network                                        
                          SIG Option #24               SIG Option #26    
                  Seminar 6: Headache   (In spanish): Migraine in Children and Adolescents- Diagnosis, Management and   Treatment                              
                          SIG Option #25               SIG Option #27    
                  Seminar 7:   NeuroinflammationL: Interferonopathies                              
                                                       
                  Seminar 8: Neonatal   Neurology: The Value of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Newborn                               
                                                       
                  Meet the Experts:   Neuromuscular: The Many Faces of Pediatric Neuromuscular Diseases: Cases,   Approaches, Pearls and Challenges                              
                                                       
                            Workshop:   Epilepsy/General Child Neurology: Telehealth- A Means to Global Outreach                    
                                                       
                                      Junior Member Session   3: International Clinical Research Consortia in Child Neurology: Get   Involved!          
                                                       
                                      Child Neurology   Foundation: Shortening the Diagnostic Odyssey          
                                                       
                                      Meet the Experts:   Movement Disorders: Tics, Stereotypies, and their Look-a-Likes –   Understanding and Managing Repetitive Movements          
                                                       
                                                       
MONDAY, OCTOBER 19
                                                       
    Neurobiology of   Disease in Children Symposium: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)                  
                                                       
                          SIG Option #28       SIG Option #29            
                                                       
                                      SIG Option #30            
                                                       
                                                       
TUESDAY, OCTOBER   20
JOHN STOBO PRITCHARD AWARD LECTURE:  Nicola Specchio, MD, PhD, Bambino Gesu'   Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy: Developmental   and Epileptic Encephalopathies: What we know and what we do not know                                                    
                                                       
    BERNARD SACHS AWARD   LECTURE: Joseph G. Gleeson, MD; University of California San Diego, Rady   Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine, San Diego, CA, USA: Genes as a Window into the Developing Brain                                                
                                                       
        Exhibits                        
                                                       
                  SYMPOSIUM 1:   NEUROIMMUNOLOGY: International Consensus Opinions in   Opsoclonus-Myoclonus-Ataxia Syndrome                              
                                                       
                  SYMPOSIUM 2: STROKE:   Pediatric Stroke: Hot Topics, Global Challenges                              
                                                       
                            SYMPOSIUM 3: EPILEPSY:   Infantile Spasms - Current Management -A Global Perspective; The Way Forward                    
                                                       
                            SYMPOSIUM 4:   NEURO-ONCOLOGY: Pediatric Mixed Neuronal-Glial Tumors: New Classifications,   Molecular Understandings and Targeted Therapy                    
                                                       
                                      SYMPOSIUM 5:   NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE: Advances in Pediatric Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease          
                                                       
                                      SYMPOSIUM 6: NEONATAL   SEIZURES: Practical Approaches to Classification, Diagnosis and Management          
                                                       
                                                       
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER   21
SHEILA WALLACE AWARD LECTURE: Suvasini Sharma, MD, DM; Lady   Hardinge Medical College and Associated Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital,   New Delhi, India: Dietary Therapies for Epilepsy in Low   Resource Settings: Challenges and Successes                                                    
                                                       
    PHILIP R. DODGE YOUNG   INVESTIGATOR AWARD LECTURE: Hsiao-Tuan Chao, MD, PhD; Baylor College of   Medicine, Houston, TX, USA: The Impact of Serendipity:   From "Rare" Neurodevelopmental Disorders to Common Insights                                                
                                                       
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                  SYMPOSIUM 9:   NEUROGENETICS: Current Status of Developmental Encephalopathies: Rett   syndrome, MECP2 Duplication Disorder, CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder, and FOXG1   Disorder                              
                                                       
                  SYMPOSIUM 10:   NEUROIMMUNOLOGY: Cutting Edge Technology in Neuroinflammation: Advancing   Science and Increasing Capacity in Low and Middle-income Countries                               
                                                       
                            SYMPOSIUM 11:   COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL NEUROLOGY: The Molecular & Cellular Basis of   Developmental Cognitive & Behavioral Disorders                    
                                                       
                            SYMPOSIUM 12: SLEEP:   Integrating Pediatric Sleep Medicine into Child Neurology                    
                                                       
                                      SYMPOSIUM 13: CEREBRAL   PALSY: An Open Discussion on the Definition of Cerebral Palsy          
                                                       
                                      SYMPOSIUM 14:   EPILEPSY: Epilepsy and Psychiatric Comorbidities          
                                                       
                                                SYMPOSIUM 15: GLOBAL   NEUROLOGY: Global Challenges and Opportunities in Inpatient Child Neurology
                                                       
                                                SYMPOSIUM 16:   EPILEPSY: Ketogenic Diets in Child Neurology – A Tale of 100 Years: What Does   the Future Hold?
                                                       
THURSDAY, OCTOBER   22
LINDA DE MEIRLEIR NEUROMETABOLIC AWARD: Lance Rodan, MD,   FRCP(C); Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA:   Update in Pediatric Neurometabolic Disorders 2020                                                    
                                                       
    HOWER AWARD LECTURE:   Kenneth J. Mack, MD, PhD; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA: Migraine,   Vertigo, and Dizziness                                                
                                                       
                  SYMPOSIUM 17: NEONATAL   NEUROLOGY: Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Congenital Heart Disease: From   Fetal Pathogenesis to Prevention                              
                                                       
                  SYMPOSIUM 18:   NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS: IN SPANISH: Beyond Pharmacological Treatment   for Neurodevelopmental Disorders: What Parents and Physicians Want to Know   About the Available Options                              
                                                       
                            SYMPOSIUM 19: ETHICS:   Humanism in Child Neurology: The Time is Now!
     
                   
                                                       
                            SYMPOSIUM 20:   HEADACHE: Migraine Management in 2020:    New Options for Treatment and How to Incorporate Recent Guidelines and   Novel Treatments in Clinical Practice                    
                                                       
                                      SYMPOSIUM 21:   NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE: Gene Transfer for Children: What we Know Now          
                                                       
                                      SYMPOSIUM 22:   EPILEPSY: IN SPANISH: Pediatric Epilepsy. When Drugs Don’t Work          
                                                       
                                                SYMPOSIUM 23:   NEURO-METABOLIC DISORDERS: Vitamin Responsive Conditions in Child Neurology:   Whats New?
                                                       
                                                SYMPOSIUM 24: GLOBAL   NEUROLOGY: Pediatric Neurology. A Global Perspective
                                                       
                                                       
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23
FRANK FORD AWARD LECTURE: Charles Newton, MD; University of   Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme,   Kilifi, Kenya: The Global Burden of Paediatric   Neurological Disorders                                                    
                                                       
                  SYMPOSIUM 25:   TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: New Advances in Management, Treatment and   Rehabilitation                              
                                                       
                  SYMPOSIUM 26:   NEUROMETABOLIC DISORDERS: Novel Advanced Treatment in Neurogenetic Disorders                              
                                                       
                            SYMPOSIUM 27:   NEUROIMMUNOLOGY: MOG Antibody Associated Neurological Disease – An Update for   the Clinician                    
                                                       
                            SYMPOSIUM 28: GLOBAL   NEUROLOGY: Integration of Global Health and Child Neurology: Perspectives and   Successful Partnerships Around the World
     
                   
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CNS President, Phillip Pearl, MD and Boston Children’s Hospital colleague, David Urion, MD will offer an engaging look at the diversity that makes up American society and has led to magnificent creativity and ingenuity in the arts. Dr. Urion is finalizing literary selections for presentation; these will be posted in late September along with final program dates and times. Musical selections, performed by Dr. Pearl on keyboard alongside colleagues from the renowned Berklee School of Music will include:

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  1. How High the Moon: written for musical theater, lyricist Nancy Hamilton was a member of the early and closeted lesbian thespian society in NYC; made famous by clarinetist Benny Goodman in the big band era; rewritten as Ornithology by the African American father of be-bop, Charlie “Yardbird” Parker.
  2. It Could Happen to You: written for musical theater in 1943, rewritten as Hot House by African American saxophonist Dexter Gordon
  3. What is this Thing Called Love: written by Cole Porter (1929), struggled with homosexuality in his life and music; rewritten by African American composer and musical intellect Tadd Dameron as Hot House (1945)
  4. Les feuilles mortes (“The dying leaves”): beautiful ballad by a Hungarian – French composer (1945), introduced to America as “Autumn Leaves”, featured the Miles Davis solo on the 1959 Kind of Blue album, #1 selling jazz album in the world 
  5. A Night in Tunisia: Afro-Cuban genre, introduction of Latin and African music to the US, John Birks Dizzy Gillespie, trumpeter and godfather of Latin Jazz
  6. Mingus: the giant American bassist, himself a “mongrel” with so many racial bloodlines, defined American music as: “...what we play, belongs with the people who have a feeling of freedom and like to play together without discrimination”; dies of ALS, singing his last compositions into a tape recorder
  7. My Favorite Things: from the great duo of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein for their last play, The Sound of Music, to the iconic recording by “Trane”, i.e. John Coltrane, master African American saxophonist
  8. When Sunny Gets Blue (1956): composed the same year as James Baldwin’s composition, Sonny’s Blues, on life as a math teacher in Harlem
  9. Waltz for Debby: signature piece by my personal favorite pianist, Bill Evans; struggled with depression, drug abuse, suicide