2018 Martin & Doris Rosen Summer Symposium Schedule
The 2018 Symposium on "Holocaust and Music" will take place on the Appalachian State University campus, Boone, from July 21 until July 26. All sessions will be held in the Grandfather Ballroom at Plemmons Student Union (PSU) unless otherwise noted.
Saturday, July 21
2:00 – 4:00 Teacher Registration at Summit Hall, Appalachian State University campus [for teacher-participants only]
6:00 – 7:00 Dinner (Reserved tables, at campus Cafeteria) [for teacher-participants only]
7:30 – 8:00 Introduction: The Holocaust and Music, Dr. Racelle Weiman/Dr. Thomas Pegelow Kaplan
8:00 - 9:30 Anti-Judaism and Anti-Semitism in European History, Culture, and Music, Dr. Thomas Pegelow Kaplan
Sunday, July 22
10:00 – 11:30 The Mosaic that is the Mosaic People: Judaism and Jews, Dr. Racelle Weiman, at the Temple of the High Country, Boone
11:30 – 1:00 Lunch with local Jewish Community , at the Temple of the High Country, Boone
2:00 – 3:30 Humanizing Approaches to Holocaust Education, Interactive Introductions Facilitator: Dr. Racelle Weiman [for teacher-participants only]
3:30 – 5:00 Project Design Session I: Educational Leadership: Philosophy, and Skills, Facilitators: Dr. Racelle Weiman, Lee Holder, and Lynda Moss [for teacher-participants only]
5:30 – 7:00 By Invitation Only: Symposium Banquet, at the Rotunda of Reich College of Education
7:30 – 9:30 Performance and Discussion of Petr Eben's Okna by Prof. Joby Bell (HSoM, organ) and Prof. James Stokes (HSoM, trumpet); at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Boone (open to the public)
Monday, July 23
8:00 – 8:10 Opening Session/Agenda Overview/Questions, Dr. Weiman/Dr. Pegelow Kaplan
8:10 - 8:15 Intention Offering from Teacher-Participant (reading, poem, song, or the like)
8:15 – 9:45 The Rise of Nazism in Central Europe, Dr. Rennie Brantz
9:45 – 10:00 Break
10:00 – 11:30 Music in Nazi Propaganda, Dr. Laurie Semmes (HSoM)
11:30 – 1:00 Lunch at campus Cafeteria [for teacher-participants only]
1:00 – 3:00 The Holocaust and Music in Film: Screening and Discussion of Wunderkinder (2011); This event is presented in partnership with An Appalachian Summer Festival at Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts
3:15 – 5:15 Teacher Workshop I: Approaches to teaching literature on the Holocaust and Music, Lee Holder and Lynda Moss [for teacher-participants only]
5:30 - 7:00 Dinner at campus Cafeteria [for teacher-participants only]
7:00 – 9:00 Project Design Session II: Cooperative Teaching and Coalition Building, Dr. Weiman, Lee Holder, and Lynda Moss [for teacher-participants only]
Tuesday, July 24
8:00 – 8:10 Opening Session and Questions, Dr. Weiman/Dr. Pegelow Kaplan
8:10 - 8:15 Intention Offering from teacher-participant (reading, poem, song, or the like)
8:15 – 9:45 Studying the Holocaust, Steffie McMahon-Kaye, Yad Vashem/Echoes and Reflections
9:45 - 10:00 Break
10:00 - 11:30 The Ghettos: Struggles for Survival, Music, and Spiritual Resistance, Steffie McMahon-Kaye, Yad Vashem/Echoes and Reflections
11:30 – 1:00 Lunch at campus Cafeteria [for teacher-participants only]
1:00 – 2:45 The Women’s Orchestra at Auschwitz; Dr. Kellie Brown (Milligan College)
2:45 - 3:00 Break
3:00 – 5:00 Teacher Workshop II: Lesson Ideas from Participants; Lee Holder and Lynda Moss [for teacher-participants only]
5:00 - 7:00 Dinner at campus Cafeteria [for teacher-participants only]
7:00 – 8:30 Performance and Discussion of musical pieces played by the Women’s Orchestra at Auschwitz, HSoM faculty/students, Milligan College faculty, and Wake Forest University faculty at the Recital Hall, Broyhill Music Center
Wednesday, July 25
7:45 – 7:55 Opening Session/Questions, Dr. Weiman/Dr. Pegelow Kaplan
7:55 - 8:00 Intention Offering from teacher-participant (reading, poem, song, or the like)
8:00 – 9:30 Teaching the Holocaust in Eastern Europe in the Twenty-First Century, discussion with European teacher-participants
9:30 – 10:00 Introduction to Survivor Testimony, “Female Prisoner Musicians in the Shoah” (includes screening of The Lady in Number 6, Academy Award winning short film)
10:00 - 11:45 Survivor Testimony, Ms. Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, survivor of the Women’s Orchestra at Auschwitz
11:45 – 12:00 Break
12:00 – 1:30 Forbidden Sounds: The Suppression of Music in Nazi Germany, Dr. Racelle Weiman; This event is presented in partnership with An Appalachian Summer Festival at the Turchin Center]
1:30 - 1:45 Break
1:45 – 3:15 Twentieth-Century Genocides and the (Ab-)Use of Music, Dr. John Cox (UNCC)
3:15 – 5:00 Survivor Testimony: Genocide and the Abuse of Music, Ms. Eugenie Mukeshimana, survivor of the Rwandan Genocide
5:00 – 7:00 Dinner at campus Cafeteria [for teacher-participants only]
7:00 – 9:00 Keynote Address: Last Yiddish Heroes: Lost and Found Songs of Soviet Jews During World War Two, Dr. Anna Shternshis (University of Toronto), including a performance of a selection of the songs by Appalachian State University student vocalist Sydra Yarnell, at Summit Trail Solarium, Plemmons Student Union, Room 118
Thursday, July 26
8:30 – 8:40 Opening Session/Questions, Dr. Weiman/Dr. Pegelow Kaplan at the Recital Hall, Broyhill Music Center
8:40 - 8:45 Intention Offering from teacher-participant (reading, poem, song, or the like) at the Recital Hall, Broyhill Music Center
8:45 – 9:30 Teacher Workshop III: Resources for Sustainable Holocaust Education, Lee Holder, at the Recital Hall, Broyhill Music Center [for teacher-participants only]
9:30 – 10:00 Musical Performances at Terezin: Spritual Resistance, Dr. Racelle Weiman, at the Recital Hall, Broyhill Music Center
10:00 – 10:30 Performance of musical works from Terezin ghetto, including Brundibar opera; by Appalachian State University student vocalist Sydra Yarnell and Dr. Joanne Inkman (Wake Forest University), at the Recital Hall, Broyhill Music Center
10:30 – 12:15 Second-Generation Testimony: Tamar Grinshpon, daughter of Ela Weissberger (1930-2018), child performer in Brundibar opera, Terezin, 1943-1944, at the Recital Hall, Broyhill Music Center
12:15 – 1:30 Lunch at campus Cafeteria [for teacher-participants only]
1:30 – 3:30 Participants’ presentations for Excellence in Education (Grandfather Mountain Ballroom)
3:30 – 4:00 Closing Circle and Graduation