Commemoration is a process that involves witness, preservation, interpretation, and performance. This process calls upon human creativity, commitment, emotional connection, and contemporary context. Focusing on music based on the words of young people who witnessed the Holocaust—many of whom did not survive—the performance uses the […]
Join us for a special WFU faculty panel and screening of the Oscar-nominated film Maestro. 5:00 PM: Panel moderated by Dr. Megan Francisco, Assistant Professor, Department of MusicDr. Mary Dalton, Professor of Communication and Film and Media StudiesDr. Jeff Solomon, Associate Professor of EnglishDr. J. […]
Orchestra concert, guest artist, workshopOctober 26-27, 2023 Paving the Way supported a two-day guest artist residency with award-winning trumpeter Courtney D. Jones (Florida Atlantic University). This was a collaboration with the IAC, WFU Symphony Orchestra and the Research Engagement and Collaboration in African-American […]
Performance, lecture, and workshopOctober 26, 2023 Exploring the Arts of Chinese Dance featured a performative talk delivered by Dr. Melody Yunzi Li, Assistant Professor of Chinese at the University of Houston, who shared the history and practice of Chinese dance forms with new Wake […]
