I hope you've had a wonderful holiday season! I'm happy to share some of the exciting moments of 2021, for which I am deeply grateful.
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January '21 - Museum of Jewish Heritage with the Fritz Ascher Society and the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany - performing The Mischlinge Exposé. Still Available Online
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February '21 - My Resonating Earth project received a grant from the Puffin Cultural Forum!
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April '21 - I returned to in-person performances at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point — truly amazing!
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Summer '21 marked the return of my Classics on the Lawn series, benefitting the Black Box Performing Arts Center. I look forward to continuing this pandemic-inspired series. I also became the Steinway Artist-in-Residence at the Black Box Performing Arts Center.
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Summer '21 also featured the publication of an article of mine in Women Defying Hitler: Rescue and Resistance under the Nazis, Edited by Nathan Stoltzfus, Mordechai Paldiel and Judy Baumel-Schwartz, Published by Bloomsbury Academic. Truly honored to have been included with illustrious scholars and the German Consul General David Gill!
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December '21 — I embarked on a Northern California tour and residency in the Sierra Valley - Sacramento - Harrison Oaks Studio, San Francisco - Forte House and Loyalton - Musica Sierra.
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- Looking forward to returning to CA in 2022 to premiere Native American descendent JJ Holingsworth's piece Under the Blue Dome.
- January 23 performance at the Sheen Center, collaborating with The Fritz Ascher Society.
- February '22 - College of Dupage County - premiering Lee Keselaman's Notturno
- March '22 - Chelmsford Center for the Arts - Resonating Earth on one of my favorite Steinways!
- April '22 - NJ Commission of Holocaust Education - state-wide presentations of The Mischlinge Exposé.
- April '22 - Presenting The Mischlinge Exposé - Jewish Federation of Greater Houston
- Recording Sessions in January '22, recording repertoire for Resonating Earth, 13 Anniversaries by Leonard Bernstein, Piano Etudes by Philip Glass, pieces by Schubert, Grieg, Ethel Smyth plus more!
- I'm excited to dive into a New Year of music-making and new repertoire! Including a Piano Concerto by Arvo Pärt, Lamentate, late Schubert Sonatas, and Bruce Adolphe's piece, Four Meditations on the Crisis of Mischling Identity, that I commissioned, as well as adding even more music and composers to my program Celebrating Women Composers!
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Wishing you all a Happy Healthy New Year!
With love,
Carolyn
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