Symposium Presenters & Moderators – Bach Festival & Symposium @ UMass Amherst

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Keynote Speaker:

Daniel R. Melamed, Keynote speaker
Indiana University

Historical Bach Performance in the 21st Century

Abstract

“J.S. Bach and the 21st Century Canon” (Friday 7:30 – 9:00 PM):

Evan MacCarthy
UMass Amherst

Moderator

Walter Frisch
Columbia University

Wendy Heller
Princeton University

Christoph Wolff
Harvard University

Daniel R. Melamed
Indiana University

“Performance” (Saturday 8:45 AM – 10:15 AM):

David Schneider
Amherst College

Moderator

Edward Klorman
McGill University

Bach’s Cello Suites before Pablo Casals: Three Case Studies

Abstract

Melanie Lowe
Vanderbilt University

Rudolf Serkin’s Rolls with the Punches

Abstract

“Pedagogy” (Saturday 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM):

Emiliano Ricciardi
UMass Amherst

Moderator

Chiara Bertoglio
Conservatory of Cuneo

Quantity and quality? Evolving approaches to Bach’s works in the programs of Italian Conservatories (remote presentation)

Abstract

Stephen Crist
Emory University

Global Bach vs. Local Bach: Pedagogical Reflections

Abstract

“Scholarship” (Saturday 2:30 – 3:30 PM):

Christopher White
UMass Amherst

Moderator

Yo Tomita
Queen’s University Belfast

‘AI Kobayashi’: building a new AI-driven system for Bach Source Studies for the future

Abstract

Adrian So
Royal Holloway University of London

Out of the Canon: The revival of J.S. Bach’s predecessor Johann Kuhnau in the 21st Century

Abstract

“Global Bach Reception” (Saturday 3:45 – 5:15 PM):

Andrea Moore
Smith College

Moderator

Erinn Knyt
UMass Amherst

J.S. Bach in Ghana

Abstract

Ruth Eldredge Thomas
Durham University

Making Bach British: Bach and English Masculinity, ca. 1860

Abstract

Bogumila Mika
University of Silesia

The Bach Festival in Swidnica (Poland) In the Context of New Cultural Challenges

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