The Jewish Music Forum and The Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music of HUC-JIR Present:
The Music of Indecent
With the Broadway hit's composers,
Lisa Gutkin and Aaron Halva,
and theater scholar, Dr. David Savran
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
7:00 PM
1 West 4th St. New York, NY 10012
Indecent, the 2017 Tony Award winning Broadway play, is inspired by the captivating true story surrounding Sholem Asch’s God of Vengence. Recounting the Broadway debut of Asch’s play in 1923 and the subsequent arrest of the entire cast on charges of indecency, Indecent tells a broader story about Jewish immigration to America, same-sex romance, censorship, and xenophobia that remains hauntingly relevant today.
At the heart of Indecent is a stunning original musical score. Drawing on Yiddish classics and Klezmer tropes, the music of Indecent vibrantly brings to life twentieth-century Jewish experience.
At this event, Lisa Gutkin and Aaron Halva, the composers of the show’s music, speak to us about their compositional process, reflect on Indecent’s Broadway run, and discuss what it was like to perform in the show. Dr. David Savran, Distinguished Professor of Theater at The Graduate Center, CUNY, will share thoughts on Indecent’s music and legacy.
At the heart of Indecent is a stunning original musical score. Drawing on Yiddish classics and Klezmer tropes, the music of Indecent vibrantly brings to life twentieth-century Jewish experience.
At this event, Lisa Gutkin and Aaron Halva, the composers of the show’s music, speak to us about their compositional process, reflect on Indecent’s Broadway run, and discuss what it was like to perform in the show. Dr. David Savran, Distinguished Professor of Theater at The Graduate Center, CUNY, will share thoughts on Indecent’s music and legacy.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
7:00 PM
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Brookdale Center
1 West 4th St., New York, NY 10012
Free Event: Please RSVP to [email protected]
This program is co-sponsored by the Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music,
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
7:00 PM
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Brookdale Center
1 West 4th St., New York, NY 10012
Free Event: Please RSVP to [email protected]
This program is co-sponsored by the Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music,
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
LISA GUTKIN is the Grammy Award-winning violinist, singer and songwriter of the Klezmatics. She played in Sting’s The Last Ship, had a cameo appearance in “Sex and the City,” and is a MacDowell Fellow. Lisa appears on hundreds of recordings including From Here On In, a CD of her original songs produced by John Lissauer, and Play Klezmer Fiddle!, an instructional DVD. She has co-authored songs with Woody Guthrie, Anne Sexton, and Maggie Dubris, and composed for symphony orchestra, dance, and film.
AARON HALVA is an award-winning composer and multi-instrumentalist whose credits include, Off-roadway/regional: Servant of Two Masters (Theatre For a New Audience, Yale Rep, Guthrie, ArtsEmerson, STC, Seattle Rep), A Doctor In Spite of Himself (Intiman Theatre, Berkeley Rep), The Moliere Impromptu (Trinity Rep). TV/Film: “Wall Street II.” 2016 Connecticut Critic’s Circle Award for Musical Direction and Composition. Aaron directed the Latin music group nuguajiro playing tres (Cuban guitar) for over two decades.
Discussant: Dr. David Savran, Distinguished Professor of Theater at The Graduate Center, CUNY. Dr. Savran is a scholar of twentieth and twenty-first century theatre, music theatre, US theatre, popular culture, gender studies, and social theory. His most recent book, Highbrow/Lowdown: Theater, Jazz, and the Making of the New Middle Class (University of Michigan Press, 2009), won the Joe A. Callaway Prize for the Best Book in Theatre or Drama and the Kurt Weill Prize. His new book project theorizes branding as a cultural performance and studies the international traffic in U.S.-branded theatre since the 1990s.
AARON HALVA is an award-winning composer and multi-instrumentalist whose credits include, Off-roadway/regional: Servant of Two Masters (Theatre For a New Audience, Yale Rep, Guthrie, ArtsEmerson, STC, Seattle Rep), A Doctor In Spite of Himself (Intiman Theatre, Berkeley Rep), The Moliere Impromptu (Trinity Rep). TV/Film: “Wall Street II.” 2016 Connecticut Critic’s Circle Award for Musical Direction and Composition. Aaron directed the Latin music group nuguajiro playing tres (Cuban guitar) for over two decades.
Discussant: Dr. David Savran, Distinguished Professor of Theater at The Graduate Center, CUNY. Dr. Savran is a scholar of twentieth and twenty-first century theatre, music theatre, US theatre, popular culture, gender studies, and social theory. His most recent book, Highbrow/Lowdown: Theater, Jazz, and the Making of the New Middle Class (University of Michigan Press, 2009), won the Joe A. Callaway Prize for the Best Book in Theatre or Drama and the Kurt Weill Prize. His new book project theorizes branding as a cultural performance and studies the international traffic in U.S.-branded theatre since the 1990s.
Other Upcoming Events:
Gustav Mahler: Jewish Identity and Nineteenth-Century Musical Culture
Thursday November 30, 2017 at 6 PM
Pre-concert Lecture will be held in the Kovno Room, 2nd Floor
Center for Jewish History - 15 West 16th Street, NYC
Event Co-Sponsored by YIVO
Lecture by Dr. Daniel Jütte (New York University), followed by a performance in which Cantata Profana performs Gustav Mahler's "Das Lied Von Der Erde," as well as works by other composers in order to place it in the context of its German and Jewish milieu.
Admission to the pre-concert lecture is free.
To reserve a seat at the lecture, please contact [email protected]
Admission to the performance: $15
For YIVO members & Students: $10
To reserve a seat at the performance, please contact https://www.yivo.org/Mahler
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Jewish Baroque - Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at 7 PM
Center for Jewish History - 15 West 16th Street, NYC
Lecture/Performance featured Dr. Michael Beckerman (New York University) and Dr. Simona Frenkel (Hebrew Union College).
Admission is free.
To RSVP, please contact [email protected]
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"Jews, Music, and Modernity in Buenos Aires" - Thursday, March 8, 2018
Location: University of California, Los Angeles
Room and Time TBD
Lecture by Dr. Lillian Wohl, Lowell Milken Fund for American Jewish Music Post-Doctoral Fellow (UCLA).
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Jewish Music and Humor Conference - Sunday, April 29, 2018
Further Information Coming Soon
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TBD - Week of May 28-June 1, 2018
Jewish Music Week, Toronto
Lecture by Dr. Jessica Roda, SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow (Concordia Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies).
Gustav Mahler: Jewish Identity and Nineteenth-Century Musical Culture
Thursday November 30, 2017 at 6 PM
Pre-concert Lecture will be held in the Kovno Room, 2nd Floor
Center for Jewish History - 15 West 16th Street, NYC
Event Co-Sponsored by YIVO
Lecture by Dr. Daniel Jütte (New York University), followed by a performance in which Cantata Profana performs Gustav Mahler's "Das Lied Von Der Erde," as well as works by other composers in order to place it in the context of its German and Jewish milieu.
Admission to the pre-concert lecture is free.
To reserve a seat at the lecture, please contact [email protected]
Admission to the performance: $15
For YIVO members & Students: $10
To reserve a seat at the performance, please contact https://www.yivo.org/Mahler
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Jewish Baroque - Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at 7 PM
Center for Jewish History - 15 West 16th Street, NYC
Lecture/Performance featured Dr. Michael Beckerman (New York University) and Dr. Simona Frenkel (Hebrew Union College).
Admission is free.
To RSVP, please contact [email protected]
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"Jews, Music, and Modernity in Buenos Aires" - Thursday, March 8, 2018
Location: University of California, Los Angeles
Room and Time TBD
Lecture by Dr. Lillian Wohl, Lowell Milken Fund for American Jewish Music Post-Doctoral Fellow (UCLA).
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Jewish Music and Humor Conference - Sunday, April 29, 2018
Further Information Coming Soon
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TBD - Week of May 28-June 1, 2018
Jewish Music Week, Toronto
Lecture by Dr. Jessica Roda, SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow (Concordia Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies).
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