Music of Terezin by Sara Sitzer

Docent Enrichment 11-19-20
Much of the most powerful and beautiful art was born out of history’s darkest hours. Join cellist and Gesher Music Festival Artistic Director Sara Sitzer as she explores the incredible musical culture inside of Terezin, the Nazi concentration camp where many artists, musicians and intellectuals were interned during the Holocaust.
Presenter Bio:
Sara Sitzer, whose playing has been described as “rich” and “lustrous” by the Chicago Classical Review, is an active and versatile freelance cellist and entrepreneur in Chicago. A member of the Elgin Symphony, Sara also performs regularly with orchestras and ensembles including the Milwaukee Symphony and Chicago Opera Theater, among others. Ms. Sitzer is founding Artistic Director of the Gesher Music Festival in St. Louis, MO, and founding Co-Artistic Director of Chamber Music on the Fox in Elgin, IL. She spends her summers performing and teaching at the Wintergreen Summer Music Festival in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Sara holds performance degrees from the University of Wisconsin and Boston University, and completed a 3-year fellowship with the New World Symphony in Miami under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas.

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I would like to listen to the beautiful music. I am not interested in your need for lots of talking. Could you arrange this so I could save just the music without all the verbiage. Thank you so much.