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Carol Announces New Lecture Series at Lakewood
by Dr. Carol Reynolds
I am lucky. As an associate professor of music history at Southern Methodist University, I spend my days with hard-working young people filled with dreams about their futures as professional musicians. But another joy graces my experience: the joy of sharing information about music with the “real people”—the adult audiences whom I’ve been privileged to serve since coming to Dallas in 1985. The “real people” are you—people who, season after season, fill the seats of the halls and cheer on the very performers my students hope to become!
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Upcoming Events
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Mendelssohn and the Rebirth of Bach's Music
Part 1 of a series devoted to the Revival of Historic Repertoire
by Kara Van Dine
Today in concert halls and opera houses, works from past eras dominate the repertoire. This has not always been the case. Audiences expected freshly composed works—in many instances, sacred vocal pieces would be composed for the next Sunday’s church services; operas would be commissioned for certain occasions, performed a few times and forgotten; and instrumental music would be composed for a specific commemoration or festival.
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SMU in Weimar Completes Third Year
by Dr. Carol Reynolds
Weimar—the peaceful, but culturally rich town on the Ilm river in former East Germany where Goethe made his adult life, and Bach, Herder, Schiller, Hummel, Liszt built their lives and careers.
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Arts Beat
Banker Puts His Faith in the Arts
Tony Thonrcroft, Financial Times
Simon Rattle Storms Up Mount Beethoven
Tim Page, Washington Post
A Festival Tries To Find Its Way Back into a Blissful Bubble
John Rockwell, New York Times
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Carol's Lectures
Lakewood Series, September 9, 16, 23, 30 and October 7, Lakewood Country Club, Hors D'oeuvres at 7:00 pm, Lecture at 7:30 pm, Open to Public, Charge for Admission, Call 214-220-2111 for details.
Dallas Symphony, Pre-Concert Lecture, September 18-20, 7:00 p.m., Meyerson.
Cliburn Conversations, Pre-Concert Lecture, Thursday, September 25, 7:00 p.m., McNair Rehearsal Studio in the Maddox-Muse Building across from Bass Performance Hall.
Godbey Lecture Series, SMU, New York Theatre Tour, October 9-12.
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