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| Laurence Sherr's compositions have been performed in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, North America, Australia, New Zealand, and the Caribbean, including in 35 states across the U.S. An array of awards recognize his work. His expertise in music and the Holocaust is manifest through the creation of Holocaust remembrance compositions, the production of Holocaust remembrance events, and through international lecturing, research, and teaching. These activities are synthesized in his recent Music of Resistance and Survival Project. Other areas of creative work include pieces for solo performers and music inspired by nature. Several studies examine his contributions, including the Florida State University doctoral treatise Laurence Sherr: Chamber Music for Flute. Sherr is the founder and clarinetist of the Atlanta band Oy Klezmer!. |
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| • March 9: "Suppressed Music and Art during the Nazi Era" lecture, Galicia Jewish Museum, Kraków, Poland • March 10: Music of Resistance and Survival concert, Galicia Jewish Museum, Kraków, Poland • May 10: Fugitive Footsteps performed in Hamburg, Germany • May 29: National broadcast of the cello sonata on Radio New Zealand |
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| • Featured composer on Performance Today with broadcast of the cello sonata – Sherr segment heard by an estimated 600,000 listeners in several 2017 Performance Today broadcasts • 2 performances of the cello sonata in Los Angeles, CA • Lecture and performance, Jødisk Museum, Oslo, Norway • Fugitive Footsteps performance, Ullern Chamber Choir, Oslo, Norway • Music of Resistance and Survival concert, Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, FL |
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| Summer 2017 highlights | ||
| • feature article, KSU Magazine: Historical Notes: Professor teaches Holocaust remembrance through music • Forfest Festival, Kromeriz, Czech Republic European premiere of Nocturne for piano by Luke Raffanti lecture: "International Engagement Through Holocaust Remembrance Events" |
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| • Songs Not Silenced: Music Forbidden in the Holocaust, concert with commentary by Sherr AIB Special Presentation (concert highlights in a one-hour TV program) WABE-FM radio interview Atlanta Journal-Constitution article ****************** |
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| Quick links Upcoming events Music of Resistance and Survival Project Music and Holocaust lectures YouTube videos • Sherr compositions • 2015 Atlanta Holocaust Remembrance concerts • "A Conversation with – Laurence Sherr" (TV program) |
Contact Dr. Laurence Sherr Composer-in-Residence, Professor of Music Kennesaw State University School of Music 491 Bartow Ave., #3201 Kennesaw, GA 30144-5591 USA Phone: 470-578-3406 Fax: 470-578-9124 E-mail: Lsherr[at]kennesaw.edu |
 MacDowell Colony residency, Peterborough, New Hampshire, 2002. Photo
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Laurence Sherr |
