Norwich presents two presentations by music historian and author

For Immediate Release
Oct. 15, 2010

Contact: Daphne Larkin
802-485-2886 or 595-3613(m)
dlarkin@norwich.edu

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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Nationally recognized music historian and author, Michael Lasser, will give two presentations on music from the era of World War II later this month.

On Tuesday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. Lasser will present “Walking Alone: The Love Songs of World War II” at the Kellogg Hubbard Library in Montpelier. He will discuss how popular songs reflected what was happening in peoples’ hearts and lives during that era.

And on Wednesday, Oct. 27 at noon Lasser will present “Music and World War II: God Bless America and White Christmas” at Norwich’s Sullivan Museum and History Center in Northfield. He will share Irving Berlin’s two famous songs, which embodied and shaped American attitudes and were written for a world about to go to war.

Both presentations are free and open to the public, and the Sullivan Museum event includes lunch.

Since 1980, Lasser has hosted the nationally-syndicated public radio show, “Fascinatin’ Rhythm,” winner of a 1994 Peabody Award for letting “our treasury of popular tunes speak (and sing) for itself with sparkling commentary, tracing the contributions of the composers and performers to American society.”

He is the former theater critic for The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. For nearly 25 years Lasser has spoken at museums and universities across the nation including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian National Museum of American Art. Lasser is here for the public Lunch N’ Learn programs at the Sullivan Museum and History Center at Norwich University. In conjunction with its special fall exhibition, The Role of Remembrance: Norwich University and WWII, a series of programs are being offered that share more information about the WWII period.

Lasser is co-author of the book America’s Songs: The Stories behind the Songs of Broadway, Hollywood and Tin Pan Alley, which will be on sale at both events.

For additional information or directions call Sullivan Museum Director Marilyn Solvay at 802-485-2448. The fall special exhibition, The Role of Remembrance: NU and WWII, is on view at Norwich University in the Sullivan Museum from Monday – Saturday, 9 am – 4 pm through January 31, 2011.


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Norwich University is a diversified academic institution that educates traditional-age students and adults in a Corps of Cadets and as civilians. Norwich offers a broad selection of traditional and distance-learning programs culminating in Baccalaureate and Graduate Degrees. Norwich University was founded in 1819 by Captain Alden Partridge of the U.S. Army. Norwich University is the oldest private military college in the United States of America and the birthplace of our nation's Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC). www.norwich.edu

Norwich’s Sullivan Museum and History Center program series: “The Role of Remembrance: Norwich University and WWII”

For Immediate Release
Sept. 20, 2010
Contact: Daphne Larkin
802-485-2886 or 595-3613(m)
dlarkin@norwich.edu

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ADVISORY

Norwich’s Sullivan Museum and History Center program series: “The Role of Remembrance: Norwich University and WWII”

• Thurs. Sept. 30, 12 p.m.: “Stories from a War Artist” with Michael Fay, war artist and former combat Marine, will share his adventures as an artist-correspondent in Iraq and Afghanistan.
• Tues. Oct. 5, 12 p.m.: “WWII & Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms” with Tom Daly, Curator of Education of the Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA, will examine the stories behind the four paintings that Rockwell created to reinforce the ideals in President Roosevelt’s now famous speech.
• Tues. Oct. 12, 12 p.m.: “Readings from The Silver Lady” with Jim Facos, former NU Professor of English and recipient of The Distinguished Flying Cross, will read excerpts from his 1972 World War II novel which features Wyatt, the ball-turret gunner of the Flying Fortress, The Silver Lady.
• Tues. Oct. 26, 7 p.m.: “Walking Alone: the Love Songs of World War II” with Michael Lasser, nationally recognized music historian and author, will present how popular songs reflected what was happening in people’s hearts and lives during WWII. (at the Kellogg Hubbard Library, Montpelier, Vt.)
• Wed. Oct. 27, 12 p.m.: “Music and World War II: God Bless America and White Christmas: with Michael Lasser, nationally recognized music historian and author, will share Irving Berlin’s two famous songs, which embodied and shaped American attitudes and were written for a world about to go to war.
• Tues. Nov. 2, 12 p.m.: “Women in the Military Service for America Memorial” with NU Architecture Professor Wendy Cox will present her design strategy for creating a memorial for women in the service.

All events are held at the Sullivan Museum and History Center, unless otherwise noted, and are free and open to the public.

For more information, please contact Museum Director Marilyn Solvay at 802-485- 2448 or msolvay@norwich.edu.

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Norwich University is a diversified academic institution that educates traditional-age students and adults in a Corps of Cadets and as civilians. Norwich offers a broad selection of traditional and distance-learning programs culminating in Baccalaureate and Graduate Degrees. Norwich University was founded in 1819 by Captain Alden Partridge of the U.S. Army. Norwich University is the oldest private military college in the United States of America and the birthplace of our nation's Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC). www.norwich.edu