Our seventh panel in the Indo-Persian Confluence series studies Indian music history using Indo-Persian sources. It is followed by a performance of Central Asian dance and Indian Kathak Dance.
Panelists explore: How a pianist might navigate various “interpretative communities” of the core repertory when dealing with varying politics of taste? How might a pianist listen to and theorize about past recordings to reinvigorate today’s performance approaches? What are ways a pianist might introduce compositional changes to existing works to reboot the core performing repertory?
A magnificent musical work based on George Washington’s historic letter to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island, composed by Jonathan Comisar. Comisar’s stunning new cantata embodies touchstones of Jewish and American music in an orchestral/choral setting.
This 4-part series focuses on the varied tradition of liturgy in the languages of the Middle East, North Africa, former Ottoman Lands, and beyond, as they are currently practiced in the United States. Part 1 of the series focuses on the holiday of Shavuot, and is called “”Ketubba de la Ley: Sephardic Vernacular Liturgy for Shabuot from former Ottoman Lands and Beyond”, featuring Asher Shasho Levy.
Internationally renowned violinist and pedagogue Ani Kavafian (Yale University Professor of Violin) shares her mastery with the violin students of the Department of Music String Area.
Join Amplify Music 2021 for a free virtual conference — connecting music communities and organizations and sharing what they are trying to co-create for 2021 and beyond.
Join Amplify Music 2021 for a free virtual conference — connecting music communities and organizations and sharing what they are trying to co-create for 2021 and beyond.
Join Amplify Music 2021 for a free virtual conference — connecting music communities and organizations and sharing what they are trying to co-create for 2021 and beyond.
Professor David S. Lefkowitz, sheltering at home during the summer of 2020, wrote ten preludes and fugues. In two of those pairs, the prelude and the fugue were combined into one, resulting in a total of eighteen pieces from the original twenty. This performance will present the world premiere of the entire set.
Philip Hoch, a student of Professor Christoph Bull, presents a DMA organ recital.
