Saturday, October 10, 2015

Fall Meeting at Hunter College--Music and Politics

The Fall Meeting for 2015 will take place on Saturday, October 24th at Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue, NYC 10065.  Go to room 404.  The topic for this meeting is "Music and Politics."  We will be serving a light lunch, compliments of David Hurwitz.


Hunter College is located at 68th Street and Lexington Avenue. Here is a link to directions: 
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/abouthunter/maps/68th-street-main-campus

Because of Hunter's new security system, guests are required to enter through the West Building, on the southwest corner of 68th and Lexington. From there, you should take the escalator to the third floor, walk across 68th Street on the enclosed bridge, and turn left into the North Building. You can reach the fourth floor by stairs or elevator. Room 404 is on the west side of the building.


The schedule is as follows:

Session I 12 noon

Eric Hung, Rider University--The History and Politics of Water through Music and Dance: The Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia’s Performance of Turbine

Nathaniel Sloan, Fordham University--Harold Arlen and Tin Pan Politics

Jeff Dailey, Five Towns College--Exploring the Meaning of Utopia, Limited

Lunch 2 PM

Session II 2:30 PM

Barry Wiener, CUNY Graduate Center--“Young Classicality” [Junge Klassizität] and German Cultural Chauvinism

Catherine Coppola, Hunter College--Fear of Feminine Power: Hillary Clinton and the Queen of the Night

David Hurwitz, Classicstoday.com--The Vibrato Monologues: Sexual Politics and Expressive String Timbre

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