Author: Kellie Houx
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Never Forget
On January 27, the date designated in 2005 by the United Nations as International Holocaust Remembrance Day—and in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau on Jan. 27, 1945, the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education will present a 20th anniversary screening of The Holocaust: Through Our Own Eyes as the first program in its 2015 film series, Documenting the Holocaust.
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Five Questions with James Murray III, Conductor of the 70-Year-Old Heritage Philharmonic
To kick off the 70th season, we have a look at the Music of France. Harpist Emily Granger helped determine the country as she wanted Saint-Saëns’ Morceau de Concert and Debussy’s Danses sacrée et profane. I wanted to feature the harp as it is not often seen in the solo world.