[AMS-announce] ANNOUNCEMENT: Harvard-Lyrica Dialogue "In Memoriam MLK and RFK, " Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 18 April, 2008

[Announcements for the AMS]

WORLD PREMIERE AT DUDLEY HOUSE, HARVARD YARD/FRIDAY, 18 APRIL @ 4 PM

The Lyrica Society for Word-Music Relations is honored to commemorate 
the anniversaries of the tragic assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther 
King, Jr. and Senator Robert F. Kennedy forty years ago this Spring.

For this event, Lyrica has commissioned the distinguished American 
composer Lori Laitman to compose a cycle of songs which she has 
entitled "And Music Will Not End", set to poems by Anne Ranasinghe 
and John Wood.  Mezzo-soprano D'Anna Fortunato, professor at the New 
England Conservatory of Music, will be premiering this cycle with the 
composer at the piano.

Here is the link to the event poster:
http://www.lyricasociety.org/memorium.pdf/

The Harvard-Lyrica Dialogues are interdisciplinary symposia and 
lecture-recitals intended to complement the broad, interdisciplinary 
nature of critical inquiry across the Harvard campus. Held each 
Spring term, the Dialogues exploit inter-related yet independent 
facets of a common theme.

Coridally,

Paul-Andre Bempechat, President
Lyrica Society for Word-Music Relations
www.lyricasociety.org
pabempec at fas.harvard.edu