"Life and Love of Joe Coogan"; Paul Salerni; February 25 2026

Award-winning composer Paul Salerni, the NEH Distinguished Chair
in the Humanities and Professor Emeritus of Music at Lehigh
University in Bethlehem, speaking about the recent release of
a recording of his one-act opera, "The Life and Love of Joe
Coogan, " based on an episode of the Dick Van Dyke TV show,
with screenplay by Carl Reiner and libretto by Kate Light.
For more information: www.paulsalerni.com/