Wednesday, October 30, 2019
7:30 PM (ET)
Davis Auditorium, Palamountain Hall
Event Type
Lecture
Department
Special Programs
Link
http://ems.skidmore.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=28155
Howard Pollack is John and Rebecca Moores Professor of Music
at the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston. He’s one of
the leading musicologists and musical biographers in the country. His talk
focuses on Jewish American composers: Kern, Berlin, Gershwin, Copland, Rodgers,
Blitzstein, and Arlen, and how the legacy of Jewish immigration impinged
dramatically on American musicals and operas.
Davis Auditorium, Palamountain Hall
Admission is free and open to the public. This presentation is part of
the Jacob Perlow Event Series and co-sponsored by the Office of Special
Programs, Department of Music, and the Jewish Federation of Northeastern NY.
Funding is provided by endowments established by Jacob Perlow and by
Beatrice Troupin.
www.skidmore.edu/perlow