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2 0 1 0Songs of Love and Sorrow:

Re-Engaging the Social Ethics of MusicConference and Performance

This half-day conference and music performance will explore the idea of socially responsible music. Stanford University composer Jonathan Berger will deliver the Institute for Christian Studies’ 2010 Art Talks* lecture, and an eminent panel of composers, philosophers and ethicists will comment on the relation of music, ethics and society. Berger’s piece Jiyeh, written in response to an ecological disaster arising from an act of war, will be performed in concert with other contemporary works that similarly engage with socially significant subjects. For more information, please visit: www.tst.edu/about/events/songs. Tickets available at: performance.rcmusic.ca/performance/index/year/2010/month/04/day/10/time/1900/venue/mazzoleni

*funded by the Ruth Memorial Fund

Mazzoleni Hall, The Royal Conservatory of Music273 Bloor Street West

Conference 2 - 5:30 pm - FREE

Keynote SpeakerJonathan Berger, Denning Family Provostial Professor in the Arts, Stanford University

Panel DiscussantsMark Kingwell, Philosopher, University of Toronto; Lambert Zuidervaart, Philosopher, ICS and University of Toronto; James Rolfe, Composer, University of Toronto; John Rea, Composer, McGill University; Karin Nisenbaum, Graduate Student, University of Toronto

ModeratorRebekah Smick, Institute for Christian Studies

Performance 7 - 9 pm with reception following - $10 ticket required

Special guest soloist Livia Sohn, violin and the New Music Ensemble of the Glenn Gould Professional School under Brian Current, Royal Conservatory of Music

ProgrammeWolf Edwards - My Lai 1968 (2009), for solo violin Luciano Berio - O King (1968) for voice and 5 instrumentsJames Rolfe - raW (2003) for 6 instrumentsJohn Rea - Offenes Lied (1986) for 2 voices and clarinetJonathan Berger - Jiyeh (2007) for solo violin, cimbalom, percussion and string orchestraClaude Vivier - Wo Bist du Licht! (1981) for mezzo soprano, percussion, string orchestra and audio files

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