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KENNESAW, Ga. | Sep 14, 2021

Free performance, lecture mark opening of exhibition from Museum of History and Holocaust Education

草榴视频 State University鈥檚 Dr. Bobbie Bailey School of Music (BSOM) and the Museum of History and Holocaust Education (MHHE), in partnership with James Madison University (JMU), will present a free performance and lecture to mark the opening of the MHHE鈥檚 new , 鈥淲ords, Music, Memory: (Re)presenting Voices of the Holocaust.鈥� The event is scheduled for Sunday, September 19, at 3:00 p.m. in the Music Building, WB109, on the 草榴视频 campus. Tickets are not required for in-person attendance, but a reservation is required to watch on. 

Visiting JMU soprano , in collaboration with Dr. Jeanette Zyko, oboe/English horn, and Jeremiah Padilla, piano, will present works composed by Lori Laitman and Dr. , BSOM composer-in-residence, in this unique performance and lecture. Focusing on music based on the words of young people who witnessed the Holocaust鈥攎any of whom, sadly, did not survive鈥攖he performance seeks to use the power of music to bridge generations in active commemoration, a theme illuminated in MHHE鈥檚 newest exhibition of the same name. 

The ten-panel traveling exhibit, 鈥淲ords, Music, Memory: (Re)presenting Voices of the Holocaust,鈥� and its accompanying digital gallery guide highlight the links along the chain of commemoration that connect the past and the present, and generation to generation. 

While the panels focus on the words of writers who witnessed the Holocaust, the gallery guide includes biographies of the writers, sketches by the panel illustrators, information about musical and dramatic pieces adapted from the writers' works, and interviews with composers, lyricists, performers, and producers. It also provides visitors with opportunities to access performance videos and share their perspectives. 

Exhibit curator said, 鈥淟iterature, music, and performance work together to open a window across space and time for generations to connect with one another.鈥� Langer will lead a Q&A with Ramirez and Sherr after the September 19 event. 

Sherr鈥檚 expertise in music and the Holocaust is manifested through the creation of , the production of Holocaust remembrance events, and through international lecturing, research, and teaching.

Ramirez, a renowned soprano, is currently working on her doctorate from JMU. She said, 鈥淭his concert is the culmination of nearly two years of work with my fellow Oberlin alum, Adina Langer, and will prominently feature the work I鈥檒l be presenting for my final DMA lecture recital at James Madison University.鈥�

鈥淲ords, Music, Memory鈥� will be on display at the September 19 concert and then will move to the 草榴视频 Center until November 9, 2021, when it will be shown at a closing concert in memory of Kristallnacht at Morgan Hall in the Dr. Bobbie Bailey & Family Performance Center at 7:30 p.m. 

鈥淜ristallnacht Commemoration鈥� will feature Cory Schantz, baritone; 草榴视频 Chamber Singers, Leslie J. Blackwell, conductor; and Laurence Sherr, composer, and include Sherr鈥檚 own 鈥淔ugitive Footsteps鈥� in this moving concert commemorating the Holocaust. The concert will complement the MHHE exhibition that documents the lived experiences of people who perished in the Holocaust, but whose words live on through preservation, musical composition, and performance.

No tickets or reservations are required to attend the September 19 event in person but a reservation is required to watch via . Tickets for the November 9 event are available. View the .

--Kathie Beckett