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Text Box:     The Anatomy of Opera      FALL 2007 ________________________   Wednesday Afternoons   1:30 – 3:30 p.m.   Sept. 26 - Nov. 14, 2007 ________________________    Auditorium O’Shaughnessy Educational Center University of St. Thomas St. Paul Campus       Sponsored by: Center for Senior Citizens’ Education       Text Box:     The Anatomy of Opera      FALL 2007 ________________________   Wednesday Afternoons   1:30 – 3:30 p.m.   Sept. 26 - Nov. 14, 2007 ________________________    Auditorium O’Shaughnessy Educational Center University of St. Thomas St. Paul Campus       Sponsored by: Center for Senior Citizens’ Education       Text Box:   The Anatomy of Opera   Throughout history, composers, producers, and patrons have interpreted opera to be a unique mixture of music and theater.  From the        Florentine Camerata to the modern day, opera has been reinterpreted to reflect the time period it was produced in.  Anatomy of Opera will look at where opera came from and how it has been constantly redefined to reflect the culture and  era that produced it.  Topics ranging from the role of women as patrons of opera in 17th      century Italy to how literature has inspired   composers, to the elements involved in          producing opera today, will be presented by    local and national opera experts.   ___________________________________   Speakers   Jamie Andrews, Community Education Director The Minnesota Opera   Marcia Aubineau, Language Arts Instruction School of Education, University of St. Thomas   Swen Friedrich, Curator of Wagner Archives Haus Wahnfried, Bayreuth, Germany   Kelly Harness, Associate Professor of Musicology University of Minnesota-Twin Cities   William Lutes, Opera Department University of Wisconsin-Madison; Metropolitan   Opera Radio Broadcast Quiz Panelist   Kevin Ramach, Technical Director The Minnesota Opera   Doug Scholz-Carlson, Actor, director         Text Box:   The Anatomy of Opera   Throughout history, composers, producers, and patrons have interpreted opera to be a unique mixture of music and theater.  From the        Florentine Camerata to the modern day, opera has been reinterpreted to reflect the time period it was produced in.  Anatomy of Opera will look at where opera came from and how it has been constantly redefined to reflect the culture and  era that produced it.  Topics ranging from the role of women as patrons of opera in 17th      century Italy to how literature has inspired   composers, to the elements involved in          producing opera today, will be presented by    local and national opera experts.   ___________________________________   Speakers   Jamie Andrews, Community Education Director The Minnesota Opera   Marcia Aubineau, Language Arts Instruction School of Education, University of St. Thomas   Swen Friedrich, Curator of Wagner Archives Haus Wahnfried, Bayreuth, Germany   Kelly Harness, Associate Professor of Musicology University of Minnesota-Twin Cities   William Lutes, Opera Department University of Wisconsin-Madison; Metropolitan   Opera Radio Broadcast Quiz Panelist   Kevin Ramach, Technical Director The Minnesota Opera   Doug Scholz-Carlson, Actor, director        

 

 

Crucial

Elections in American

History

with

Dr. George Woytanowitz
 

SPRING 2008
 ____________________

Tuesday Afternoons

1:30 – 3:30 p.m.

March 25 - May 6, 2008
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Auditorium
O’Shaughnessy Educational Center
University of St. Thomas
St. Paul Campus

1. March 25     1800 Jefferson vs.Adams    Transferring Power Peacefully

2. April 1         1828 Jackson vs. J.Q. Adams     Mass Politics Enters

3. April 8          1860 Lincoln vs. Douglas, Breckenridge, and Bell     Prelude to Civil War

4. April 15        1912 Wilson vs. Roosevelt, Taft, and Debs     Defining Progressivism

5. April 22        1936 FDR vs. Landon     Depression Politics

6. April 29        1968 Nixon vs. Humphrey and Wallace     The Liberal Crackup           

7. May 6          2008 Campaign and Election                                                  Panel Discussion

November, 2008 marks the fifty-sixth time that Americans, or more accurately, the members of the electoral college have elected a president.  Elections have occurred in war and peace; in prosperity and depression; with high and low rates of participation.  Few were harmonious, and some demonstrated high levels of partisan animosity or personal invective.  One culminated in a bloody civil war.  Many passed with barely an impact but a handful were crucial.  Crucial elections shifted the national agenda, destabilized partisan loyalties, activated new  voters, decided a divisive issue, altered the  presidential office or the method of selecting the president, and/or introduced dominating presidential personalities.  These talks will examine six crucial elections and conclude with a panel discussion of the forthcoming race.
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Dr. George Woytanowitz is a member of the History Department at the University of St. Thomas.  After completing a B.A. at the College of St. Thomas, he earned an M.A. from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. from John Hopkins University.  He taught at Indiana State University and Boston College and served as a member of the staff at the Sibley House Historic Site in Mendota, researching Minnesota history in the territorial and early statehood eras.  He has special interests in late 19th-early 20th century American history and the history of American higher education.

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All sessions will be held in the auditorium of the O’Shaughnessy Educational Center, University of
St. Thomas, St. Paul campus, on  Cleveland  between Portland & Ashland Avenues.

                                                                                                                                                                   
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