Schubertiade: “Im Frühling” – A Distinctive Performance
May01

Schubertiade: “Im Frühling” – A Distinctive Performance

By Alex Silverman From our artistic friends at Bard Conservatory comes a performance by soprano Lucy Fitz Gibbon and pianist Ryan McCullough. Together they perform the Lied, “Im Fruhling” (In Spring) by Franz Schubert, set to the poem, “On the 31st of March 1815,” by Ernst Schulze. Schubert composed the song in 1826 to Schulze’s poem as part of 10 poems by Schulze he set to music. The performance includes a segment featuring...

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Danglin’ Pangolin: The Alarming Plight of the World’s Most Trafficked Mammal
May01

Danglin’ Pangolin: The Alarming Plight of the World’s Most Trafficked Mammal

By Alex Silverman From Adam Hersko-Ronatas and Elodie Freymann comes a short animated film, Danglin’ Pangolin, about the most heavily trafficked mammal in the world, the pangolin. Voice by Felege Gebru. Music by Warner Meadows and Ezemdi Akalonu. Pangolins are often described as “scaly anteaters” because they are heavily trafficked for their scales. Oftentimes, scales are used for food and aphrodisiacs. They have long been used in...

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Jonathan Comfort and Szu-Ying Huang Perform Music by Claude Debussy to the Poems of François Villon
May01

Jonathan Comfort and Szu-Ying Huang Perform Music by Claude Debussy to the Poems of François Villon

By Grace Madover From the Bard Conservatory, Trois Ballades de François Villon is a performance of three different ballades, written by François Villon. The music is composed by one of the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th Century. Each ballade is harmoniously performed by vocalist Jonathan Comfort, and pianist Szu-Ying Huang.  These two talented musicians come together for the 12-minute performance....

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Leslie Andrea Williams, Anne Souder, and Xin Yang Perform a Classic Ballet by Martha Graham
May01

Leslie Andrea Williams, Anne Souder, and Xin Yang Perform a Classic Ballet by Martha Graham

By Grace Madover Prelude to Action (from Chronicle) is a classic dance performance, originally choreographed by modern dance pioneer, Martha Graham. The ballet’s score was composed by Wallingford Riegger.  This performance is an integral part of a three part work called “Chronicle.” The performance debuted in 1936 at Guild Theater in New York City when the menace of facism was looming over Europe. The intent of the dance was to...

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Ending Wars: Student Rita Butsko’s Short Discusses the Problem She Most Wants to Solve
May01

Ending Wars: Student Rita Butsko’s Short Discusses the Problem She Most Wants to Solve

By Alex Silverman This film comes to us once again from Planet Classroom’s Problem Solvers series. In this short, student Rita Butsko presents the problem she wants to solve the most, an issue more pressing than ever, ending wars. Ending wars is no easy task especially since wars can start for many reasons. But that doesn’t mean we can’t do anything about it. In this simple short, Butsko highlights the terrible impact of war on...

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The Pandemic of Data Integrity and Misinformation
May01

The Pandemic of Data Integrity and Misinformation

By Rishi Mulloth In the age of social media and the internet, any piece of information is instantly available in the pockets of billions of people globally. However, due to advancements in technology, a lot of misinformation and fake sources have emerged, creating a situation where people see different perspectives of reality, all through their phones. Information Integrity is a short film in Planet Classroom’s Problem Solvers series...

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