Concert #4: Experimental Music Reacts to the Holocaust

Tuesday, April 12^th, 7:30pm 

Katzin Concert Hall, ASU School of Music

The last concert in the series features works that respond to the Holocaust using unconventional musical means. The concert features two works. One is Different Trains, the masterpiece by the minimalist composer Steve Reich. It will be performed by Clarice Collins (violin), Alex Duke (cello), Daniel Lorenzo (viola), and Amanda Romani (violin). The other is my own composition, which is the creative culmination of my research into music and the Holocaust. The piece is for a chamber ensemble and laptops, performed by Lisa Atkinson (percussion), Josh Bennett (clarinet), Alexandra Birch (violin), Jacqueline Fazekas (French horn), Joseph Petite (bass), and LORKAS members: Justin Kennedy, Paloma Orozco, and Althea Pergakis.  

Free admission.

Concert #3: Butterflies Do Not Live Here

Wednesday, January 27^th, 7pm 

Cutler-Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center, 122 E Culver St., Phoenix.

The core of this concert is I Never Saw Another Butterfly, a collection of poems by children of Terezin concentration camp. All the pieces on the program set poems from this collection to music, exhibiting different artistic interpretations to the same texts. The concert features works by Lori Laitman, Ellwood Derr, Srul Irving Glick, and Arie Shapira, with performances by Keith Kelly (saxophones), Alexander Duke (cello), Ashley Oakley (piano), and Lindsay Stillwell (voice).

Free admission.

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Concert #2: “A wall of sound made from 6,000,000 voices...”

Tuesday, December 1^st, 6pm 

Tempe Public Library, 3500 S Rural Rd., Tempe. 

This concert focuses on Electro-acoustic music that was written in response to the Holocaust, by American, German, and Israeli composers. All of the pieces on the program were created by electronic means and are meant to be played through speakers. Each piece will be discussed, explaining the artistic devices used by the composers of these works, and the aesthetic conceptions that guided them. 
 
Free admission.

Concert #1: Music During the Holocaust

Wednesday, October 21^st, 7pm 

Cutler-Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center, 122 E Culver St., Phoenix.

The first concert of the series is dedicated to Jewish musicians in Nazi Germany, with emphasis on the composers imprisoned in Terezin. The concert features works by Pavel Haas, Gideon Klein, Hans Krasa, Erwin Schulhoff, and Arie Shapira, with performances by Josh Bennett (clarinet), Alexandra Birch (violin/viola), Ashley Oakley (piano), and Lindsay Stillwell (voice).

Free admission.

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Can There Be Music After Auschwitz? is a series of four curated concerts about music and the Holocaust, from composers in concentration camps to experimental works written in response to this genocide. 

Each concert features pieces that pertain to its specific topic, accompanied by historical background and commentary on the music. Here I will post general information and updates about the concerts.

All concerts are free and open to the public. 

Can There Be Music After Auschwitz? was made possible through the generosity of Sheila Schwartz and the Schwartz Scholars Fund, with support from the Culter-Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center and the Tempe Public Library.

https://www.azjhs.org/
http://www.tempe.gov/city-hall/community-services/tempe-public-library