UA Fort Smith FREE Scholar Series
by February 17, 2011 11:35 am 27 views
The Scholar Series is an initiative by UA Fort Smith’s Center for Lifelong Learning to provide learning opportunities for the general public free of charge. UA Fort Smith faculty members will present a topic that draws broadly on the faculty member’s research and experience.
The Scholar series will be held at lunch two Thursdays in March and two Thursdays in April from noon to 1 in the Echols Conference Center on the UA Fort Smith campus.
Admission is free.
For more information about our Scholar Series, contact the center at (479) 788-7220 or by email: [email protected]
Steven Husarik presents: Digital Transformation of Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition”
Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” has become a staple of music largely because of its orchestral transcriptions (Ravel), rock arrangements (Emerson Lake and Palmer) and electronic music interpretations (Isao Tomita). Such works have given new life to the original music, but at what expense? Dr. Husarik will show how this piano piece has evolved into a totally new composition over the past century because of the growth of technology and misunderstandings about the original pictures that inspired the music.