Colleagues:
You are most cordially invited to a two-day festival-conference this weekend (February 27 and 28) at the University of York: Over Here and Over There: the Music of World War I.
All events are free except the two evening concerts, which carry a nominal charge.
The schedule in brief is as follows:
Friday 27 February 2015
6:00 PM Keynote Lecture: ‘Doing the Right Thing for Fighting Men’: Music, Morale and the Military Body in London’s West End
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Bowland Auditorium, Humanities Research Centre
Keynote Speaker: Dr Rachel Cowgill
9:30 PM The Soldier’s Tale
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall
Conductor: John Stringer
Director: Tom Gadie
Saturday 28 February 2015
9.30 AM Coffee
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall Foyer
10:00 AM Student Papers
Rymer Auditorium
1:15 PM The War Years, Lunchtime Concert
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall
2.15 PM Posters, Displays and Discussions with Students
Lyons and MRC Foyers
3:00 PM Papers and panel from international visitors
Rymer Auditorium
Speakers: Dr Gayle Magee, Dr Christina Bashford, Dr Deniz Ertan
4:00 PM Tea and conversation with students and visitors
Lyons and MRC Foyer
7.30 PM After the Lusitania, Evening Concert
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall
University of York Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: John Stringer
Guest artist: Alex Wilson
8.45 PM: Drinks Reception
MRC Foyer
William Brooks
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Professor of Music
University of York
Heslington, York YO10 5DD
United Kingdom
(01904-324449)
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