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The Franz Schubert and Modern Music competition is going into its second round, and you can watch the competition from the comfort of your home. There are three categories: voice and piano, piano trio, and string quartet.
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And why, you might ask, am I concerned about one school band program?
A quote from the article: Rick Lopresto, a Giles graduate and now a middle school band director in another district, told board members that the work done by Bucaro and other elementary instructional music teachers throughout the state “has real and lasting effect long after students school day has ended.” Being involved in instrumental music “fills a unique niche for students social and emotional growth. Members of a band make a connection unlike other academic offerings, including team sports,” he said. “For many, band is really where they finally find their place.” Music is important--for lots of reasons. The article is here. (from a press release)
The Nashville Symphony is leading a landmark community-wide partnership to bring the Violins of Hope to Nashville in one of the most wide-ranging and comprehensive collections of events ever compiled around this rare collection of restored instruments played by Jewish musicians during The Holocaust. Kicking off February 9-11, 2018, with Nashville Ballet’s performances of Light: The Holocaust and Humanity Project, two dozen organizations – including the Nashville Symphony, Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, Nashville Public Library, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music, the Tennessee Holocaust Commission and multiple houses of worship – will take part in this collaborative effort by presenting performances, lectures, exhibits and other events, highlighted by a free public exhibition at the Nashville Public Library running March 26-May 27, 2018. The sound, presence and stories of these instruments will drive the creation of public conversation, interfaith dialogue and educational activities throughout Middle Tennessee. “Each of these instruments has a remarkable story to tell about resilience of the human spirit in the face of unimaginable difficulty,” says Alan D. Valentine, Nashville Symphony President and CEO. “This singular collection will serve as a springboard for many of Nashville’s cultural organizations to explore the vital role that music, the arts and creativity play in all of our lives.” The Violins of Hope – the majority of which were played by Jewish musicians living in ghettos and interned in concentration camps during the Holocaust – will arrive in Music City from Israel in mid-March 2018. They have been restored and refurbished by Israeli luthiers Amnon and Avshalom Weinstein. The instruments have previously been the subject of a best-selling book by James A. Grymes and a critically acclaimed documentary, Violins of Hope: Strings of the Holocaust. The Nashville Public Library exhibit represents the first time that these instruments have been exhibited to the public completely free of charge in the U.S., and the display will be accompanied by a small-scale re-creation of the Weinstein’s workshop in Tel Aviv. “Violins of Hope Nashville represents a profoundly important opportunity to let these sacred instruments provide a measure of redemption to the millions of Holocaust victims who perished simply because they were Jews,” says Mark S. Freedman, Executive Director of the Jewish Federation and Jewish Foundation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee. “These violins should serve as a clarion call that the words ‘Never Again’ must resonate through every one of us in our collective struggle to overcome bigotry and hatred.” Highlights of the events surrounding the Violins of Hope will include:
A full schedule can be found here. |
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