The Center for Jewish Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center is holding
a symposium and concert on December 16, 2008 at the Graduate Center
on 34th Street in Manhattan. “Beyond Boundaries: Klezmer Music
in the 21st Century,” will be a one-day event featuring
presentations and discussion of Klezmer music, followed by an
exciting concert featuring Klezmer music; call (212) 817-1950 or see
http://web.gc.cuny.edu/dept/cjstu/pages/BBKlezmerpage.htm for
details.
Previous events, Fall 2008:
19 September: Prof. Mazen Naous, talk
on Arabian jazz. 11 October: Roundtable on Doctor Atomic with John Adams,
Peter Gelb, and others. 15-17 October. Organs in Art Conference. 3 November.Music
and Gender in the Modern American Cantorate; lecture by Marsha Dubrow,
14 November. Ralph Vaughan Williams
(1872-1958): Fifty Years on; Conference and Concert.
19 November: Marcus Reeve on rap music, "Music in Polycutural
America" series. 20 November: Roman Ali's Piano Music,
sponsored by Foundation for Iberian Music.
