Eduard Birnbaum academic conference

[Judy Fertig <fertig...>]

Dear Jewish Music Listers:
There was one announcement on this list so far about the Hebrew Union
College Jewish Institute of Religion Conference. Here's an outline from
their printed brochure:

TITLE: Music, Spirit & Scholarship: The Legacy of Eduard Birnbaum
School of Sacred Music 50th Anniversary Conference

PLACE: Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Brookdale Center
One West Fourth Street
New York, NY 10012-1186

DATES: Sunday, November 22, 1998-Monday, November 23, 1998

TIMES: Sunday Registration starts at 8:30am-- Concert starts at 8:00pm
        Monday 9:00am--8:00pm

MORE INFO: 212-674-5300 ext.444

SCHEDULE:

SUNDAY:
8:30  Registration and Breakfast
9:15  Welcome
9:30-12:30 Discovering the Birnbaum Collection. Names: M. Kligman, J.
Planer, E. Schleifer, E. Seroussi, P. Bohlman
12:45-1:45 Lunch
2:00-3:15 Choice of Afternoon Session:1)  Investigating the Birnbaum
Collection, Names: Planer, I. Adler, N. Levin. 2) Jewish Music History I.
Names: E. Schleifer 3) Cantorial Workshop. Names: M. Kligman
3:30-5:30 Performances from the Birnbaum Collection: Recital of
SSM/Collegium Musicum of NYU.
5:45 Ma'ariv Name: D. Gurney
6:00 Dinner Names: S. Zimmerman, I. Goldstein, P. Steinberg
8:00 Celebrating the Past and Present: A Jubilee Concert Names: L. Corrsin
and J. Rosenzweig. Features choral works from the Birnbaum Collection.
Premieres of new works by J. Gottlieb, S. Richards, B. E. Schiller, E.
Schleifer, W. Sharlin, B. Shur, and B. Steinberg. SSM students and J.
Rosenzweig.

MONDAY:
9:00-10:15 Schacharit. Names: S. Kohn. A. Panken. N. Cohen
10:30-12:30 changing Role of the Shaliach Tzibbur. Names: B.E.Schiller, V.
Funk, L. Hoffman, S. Merel, S. Sager, D. Stein-Davidson
12:45-2:00 Lunch
2:15-4:15 School of Sacred Music: Scholarship, Traditional Chazzanut,
Composition Names: P. Miller, B. Ruben, E. Schleifer, I. Goldstein, M. Kligman
6:30-8:00 Jewish Music History  Names: E. Seroussi