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Dear Friends,
I am pleased to invite you to our major celebration of 20th-century icon Leonard Bernstein. We have planned an exciting and inspiring array of concerts, featuring works both intimate and grand by this leading American composer. Our CU Symphony will be joined by special guests Jamie Bernstein, author of the newly released "Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein," and Glenn Dicterow, former concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic. Harvard Professor and听Leonard Bernstein Scholar-in-Residence with the New York Philharmonic听Carol Oja will give a keynote address and speak with guests of our Entrepreneurship Center for Music. Our combined choirs will perform Bernstein鈥檚 "Chichester Psalms," and our Eklund Opera Program's production of "West Side Story"听will be preceded by a behind-the-scenes look at "West Side Story鈥澨齮he film, hosted by Ernesto Acevedo-Mu帽oz, head of听听CU Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts.听Our bands will program Bernstein works, and our faculty will perform chamber music that is sometimes poignant, sometimes fun听and always moving.听CU on the Weekend听will examine Bernstein the educator, CU Libraries will create a special display in the Music Library and Jewish Studies in collaboration with the College of Music will explore the mythology behind Bernstein鈥檚 ballet "The Dybbuk." We hope to fulfill Bernstein鈥檚 mission to bring people together through music. 听听听
Please join us!
Dr. Andrew Cooperstock
Artistic Director, Bernstein at 100
Professor of Piano
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Our Contributors
We would like to听thank the amazing at听, the , Dean Robert Shay and the听College of Music听faculty and staff, the Eklund Opera Program, the CU Symphony, CU Bands听and听CU Choirs,听Thomas Riis, Susan Thomas听and听the听American Music Research Center, Martina Miranda听and Music Education,听Music Theory, the Program in Jewish Studies, Ernesto Acevedo-Mu帽oz and听the Department of Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts, Stephanie Bonjack and Howard B. Waltz Music听Library,听the Entrepreneurship Center for Music, the College of听Music Advisory Board听and Advancement Team, Office for Outreach and Engagement, and听the Roser Visiting Artists Program听for their generous support, ideas, and resources that helped听make this amazing series of events possible. 听Thank you very much!
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