KSU Composer Laurence Sherr Tours New Zealand for Sonata Premiere and Lectures
KENNESAW, Ga. | May 20, 2016
In April and May 2016, Dr. Laurence Sherr, Kennesaw State University School of Music Composer-in-Residence and Professor of Music, travelled to several cities in New Zealand and Australia for the Australasian premieres of his work Sonata for Cello and Piano鈥揗ir zaynen do! (鈥淲e are here鈥). The premiered work integrates Holocaust songs from the partisans, ghettos, and camps with newly composed material.
Performances of Sherr鈥檚 sonata were held at St Andrew鈥檚 on The Terrace in Wellington, NZ, University of Waikato Conservatorium of Music in Hamilton, NZ, Dilworth School and Auckland Hebrew Congregation in Auckland, NZ, and the Nickson Room at the University of Queensland School of Music Brisbane, Australia.
In addition to these performances, Dr. Sherr鈥檚 visit also included several guest lecture presentations. Sherr鈥檚 lecture topics included 鈥淩emembering the Silenced Voices of Holocaust Song Creators: Weaving Songs of Resistance and Survival into a New Cello Sonata,鈥 鈥淢usic at Auschwitz: Aid to Survival or Dehumanizing Degradation?,鈥 and 鈥淪uppressed Music and Art during the Nazi Era.鈥 His lectures and presentations took place at the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand, the New Zealand School of Music, and the locations above.
Sherr is active as a composer of Holocaust remembrance music, lecturer on Holocaust music topics, producer of remembrance events, and Holocaust music educator. In addition to his visit to New Zealand, past performances and lectures have been given in the Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, England, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, and North America.
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