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The Sound of a World Within Worlds: Words, Music, Yiddish, and Culture
May 2, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm PDT
STROUM LECTURES 2023
The Sound of a World Within Worlds: Words, Music, Yiddish, and Culture
For this year’s Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies, Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell, a classically trained and internationally acclaimed vocalist, composer and arranger specializing in music in the Yiddish language, will perform with accompanist Dmitri Gaskin. Through oration and art music, they will take us on a melodic journey through a variety of elements come together to shape Russell’s unique genre of Jewish musicality.
Seating is limited, so reserve your spot for this in-person event today! While the performances won’t be live-streamed, you can still receive a recording if you choose “No, I will not be attending in person; please email me the recording after the event” on the registration page.
Lecture 1. Signs and Wonders: A Melodeklamatsiye
Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 7:00 — 9:30 p.m. — Kane Hall 220 & Walker-Ames Room
Description. Drawing on melodeclamation (a 19th-century performance genre combining oration and art music) vocalist, composer and writer Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell will investigate disparate elements—Black religiosity, the music of Chopin, queerness, the ambiguities of diaspora—through the mediums of Jewishness and sound in his performance of Signs & Wonders: A Melodeklamatsiye, in collaboration with Dmitri Gaskin on piano and accordion. The performance will be followed by an interview with Sasha Senderovich, Assistant Professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington.
Following the performance, Sasha Senderovich, Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Slavic Languages and Literatures, will moderate a Q&A session with the audience. The night will conclude with a reception in Kane Hall’s Walker-Ames room, with Kosher (dairy) bites from Leah’s Catering.