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Lecture by Tolgahan Çoğulu: Microtonal Guitars

Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center Instrumental Hall 10910 SW 17th St., miami, FL, United States

Co-founder of the Microtonal Guitar Duo, Tolgahan Çoğulu, received both his Master of Music and PhD degrees in classical guitar from Istanbul Technical University, Center for Advanced Studies in Music where he studied with Soner Egesel and Bekir Küçükay. His PhD thesis is entitled ‘The Adaptation of Baglama Techniques into Classical Guitar Performance’ and published [...]

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Lecture by David Dolata: Encyclopedia of Tablature

Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center Instrumental Hall 10910 SW 17th St., miami, FL, United States

The Bulletin de la Société Française de Luth has referred to Florida International University Professor of Musicology David Dolata as a “gentleman de la Renaissance” for his activities as a performer and scholar. A native of Buffalo, New York, Dr. Dolata graduated from Case Western Reserve University (PhD), the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music (BM & MM), and Niagara University (BA). At [...]

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Lecture with Eugenia Zukerman: Renaissance Woman

Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center Recital Hall 10910 SW 17th St., Room 150 (FIU's Modesto A. Maidique Campus), Miami, FL, United States

Free and open to the public Eugenia Zukerman is a true Renaissance woman. While maintaining an international concert calendar with more than thirty performances annually, her multi-faceted career also includes distinguished work as an arts administrator, author, educator, internet entrepreneur, and journalist. In demand from New York to China as an orchestral soloist, chamber musician and [...]

Lecture by Kenny Hill: Lutherie, Commerce, Music & Satisfaction

Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center Instrumental Hall 10910 SW 17th St., miami, FL, United States

For over 40 years Kenny Hill has been exploring the vast possibilities of classical guitar; as a guitar maker, as a player and even as a composer. He is best recognized for guitar making, first as an individual luthier, and over the past decades developing a larger team at Hill guitar Co., as well as [...]

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XX New Music Miami ISCM Festival: Lecture with Frederic Rzewski, Composer

Miami Beach Urban Studios 420 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach, FL, United States

Frederic Rzewski is an American composer of mostly chamber, vocal and piano works that have been performed throughout the world who is now a resident of Belgium. He is active as a pianist and has taught at the Conservatoire royal de musique in Liège from 1977–2003, where he was Professeur de Composition from 1983–2003. He [...]

Crossing Boundaries: Music and Medicine

Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center Recital Hall 10910 SW 17th St., Room 150 (FIU's Modesto A. Maidique Campus), Miami, FL, United States

CROSSING BOUNDARIES: Music and Medicine Music and Art In the Times of Plague and Epidemics Guest Speaker: Hector Bolivar, M.D.  This is a multimedia lecture that crossovers between many disciplines. It reminds us of the devastating effect of plagues in human history and illustrates how art, in its multiple manifestations, is one of the most powerful [...]

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Crossing Boundaries: Music & Film with Czech Composer Jan Jirásek

Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center Recital Hall 10910 SW 17th St., Room 150 (FIU's Modesto A. Maidique Campus), Miami, FL, United States

The School of Music at Florida International University proudly presents a lecture series, Crossing Boundaries, comprised of distinguished scholars discussing their experience and relationship with music! Each scholar presents a paradigm of creative & research thinking that provoke solutions to inquiries in creative, innovative ways. Free and open to the public.  gofiu "Music and Film" [...]

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2017 String Day at The Wertheim!

Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center 10910 SW 10910 SW 17th , Miami, United States

Welcome to 2017 String Day at The Wertheim! The Herbert and Nicole Wertheim School of Music & Performing Arts and the Division of String Studies are proud to present String Day! String students in high school are invited to join the Herbert and Nicole Wertheim School of Music & Performing Arts string faculty, guest artists [...]

Crossing Boundaries: Music & Law: The Art of Interpretation with Alan Dershowitz and Amernet String Quartet

Miami Beach Urban Studios 420 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach, FL, United States

Notice: This lecture + quartet performance was originally scheduled for Monday, January 22, 2018 at 7:30pm, but has now been moved to Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at 7:30pm.    The School of Music at Florida International University invites you to attend Crossing Boundaries, a lecture series comprised of distinguished scholars and outstanding people in the arts [...]

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