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Here are some reactions to Jerry's lecture and concert program:
Jerry presents "Undying Flame: Ballads and Songs of the Holocaust" in Los Angeles. A great description and analysis of 3 programs given in April 2003 at Valley and Pierce Colleges in Los Angeles. View the full page by clicking here.
——— Dear Jerry, Thank you for performing at our second family day: Learning Through Song…Your repertoire of folksongs was an innovative medium through which to convey the resistance, response, and will to survive of those who suffered through the Holocaust. Your educational and narrative approach created an atmosphere of comfort in which to learn about this difficult topic, and that is a valuable tool as we continue to face challenges in presenting this history to children and families. (Shari Werb, Christine Brown - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.) ——— To kick off the Center for Yiddish Culture’s 2002-2003 Cultural Season, nationally recognized folksinger, author and musicologist, Jerry Silverman performed rare Holocaust music and lectured about its origin to a mesmerized audience. Performing to a packed crowd of over 150 at Miami Beach’s Temple Beth Shmuel…Silverman wove the story of creative and spiritual defiance to the Holocaust through songs and ballads…This worldwide premiere highlighted an untold chapter in Holocaust studies… (Dora Teitelboim Center for Yiddish Culture. To read the entire review click here and scroll down to page 5: www.yiddishculture.org) ——— Dear Jerry, …Your program was certainly a most brilliant and potent Holocaust remembrance presentation! How valuable the information you’ve gathered…On behalf of the Baltimore Jewish Council, allow me to offer my sincerest gratitude to you…for presenting your incredible talent to the Jewish community of Baltimore. (Leah Yaffa Ominsky, Director of Holocaust Programs, Baltimore Jewish Council.) ——— 
Dear Jerry,
On behalf of the 22nd Annual Conference on the Holocaust Planning Committee, I would like to thank you for coming to perform The Undying Flame: Ballads and Songs of the Holocaust. The songs and compositions are incredibly moving and your performance of them is quite inspiring. Your expertise in musicology and the period of the Holocaust is amazing…
(Megan Nesbitt, University of Michigan Hillel.)
——— On Thursday, 10 April 2003, musicologist Jerry Silverman performed a program of ballads and songs from the Holocaust in the University of Vermont Recital Hall…Those who witnessed Silverman’s performance took a musical journey through many events of the Holocaust and caught glimpses into the lives of the people who experienced it. By combining his musical talent with intensive research, Silverman has made an invaluable contribution to Holocaust studies. (The Bulletin of the Center for Holocaust Studies, University of Vermont.) ——— “The Undying Flame: Ballads and Songs of the Holocaust,” a concert/lecture presentation was the focal point of this year’s Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) observance by the Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies at Ramapo College of New Jersey…Silverman, an accomplished musicologist, folksinger and author, took his audience on a journey through the musical legacy of the Shoah (Nazi Germany’s war of annihilation against the Jews). He discussed songs and ballads from that experience, placed them in context…and sang [a dozen] or so to his own guitar accompaniment, marking a seven-decade odyssey… (Center News, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Ramapo College of New Jersey.) ——— To commemorate Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Scholar Jerry Silverman performed “The Undying Flame: Ballads and Songs of the Holocaust” Wednesday in Monarch Hall…He began with a German song, his eyes intent, hollow and fearful…Silverman…performs the fruits of his nine-year study on music of the Holocaust at universities nationwide. (“Valley Star,” Los Angeles Valley College.) ——— Pour la première fois, un ensemble de cent dix chansons de la Shoah, créées en seize langues différentes a été réuni en en seul ouvrage…On trouve dans cet ouvrage des chansons où résistance, désespoir, rage, humour font face à l’expression du mal absolu. Qui a écrit ces chansons, qui les a chantées, qui les a écoutées? Autant de questions qui trouvent des réponses dans les trois cents pages du livre de Jerry Silverman au terme d’une recherche exhaustive dans les archives et de rencontres avec des rescapés…Malgré toutes ces chants, il reste que la question “Pourquoi la Shoah?” demeure sans réponse. (Edmond Kahn, “Diasporiques,” a French quarterly publication devoted to topics of Jewish interest.) ——— Domani al Castello Giusso concerto del chitarrista Jerry Silverman. Questo importante didatta ed musicologo Americano presenterà un programma tratto dalla sua importante pubblicazione + CD “Undying Flame – Ballads and Songs of the Holocaust”…Il concerto vuole essere un viaggio dale tenebre alla luce, iniziando con il primo lied scritto in un campo di prigionia – 1933, Die Moorsoldaten – e terminando con un pezzo scritto nel dopoguerra dalla figlia di due sopravvissuti del ghetto di Lodz… (“Il Vicoletto della Peninsola,” announcing my “concerto” in Vico Equense, Italy, January 25, 2004.) |
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