Part One - Nov. 16

Survival, Exile, and Music under the Shadow of Nazism and Stalinism: The Story of Mieczysław Weinberg 

7 pm MST, 9 pm EST on Zoom.

Register Here

Utilizing musical examples, this lecture surveys the life, music and impact of Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996), a Holocaust survivor, political prisoner and refugee, and one of the most important yet overlooked composers of the 20th century.

Part Two - Nov. 20

Music and Modernism: The World of Erwin Schulhoff

7 pm MST, 9 pm EST on Zoom.

Register Here

Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942) was one of the most dynamic composers of his generation. He fully embraced modernism in his writing and was one of the first to introduce jazz into western art music. His early death tragically stymied the legacy of one of the great musical minds of the 20th century.