First hour: Discussing the future of classical music
Second hour: Author Dubravka Ugresic and her book, American Fictionary
What is the future of classical music in America? The Eastman School of Music is hosting three guest scholars this weekend who will help answer that question. They’ll join us in studio for a preview of their presentations about teaching classical music in the digital age and the challenges future music leaders will face. Our guests:
- Robert Winter, distinguished professor of music at UCLA
- Robert Freeman, pianist, author, former director of the Eastman School of Music and the New England Conservatory, and former dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of Texas at Austin
- Jim Doser, director of the Institute for Music Leadership at the Eastman School of Music
Then in our second hour, award-winning author Dubravka Ugresic is in Rochester to discuss her book of essays, American Fictionary. Ugresic fled war-torn Yugoslavia in the early 1990s for Amsterdam, and later, Middletown, Connecticut. It was in America that she says she was assaulted by Western consumerism; “strong personalities;” and an obsession with exercise, bagels, and public confession. In her book, she describes how she sees America – especially as a woman whose country was destroyed by war. She’s a guest of Open Letter Books, which is celebrating its 10 year anniversary this weekend, but first, Ugresic joins us on Connections. In studio:
- Dubravka Ugresic, author of American Fictionary
- Chad Post, publisher of Open Letter Books
