The Alabama School of the Arts at University of Mobile will
participate in International Holocaust Remembrance Day by presenting An Alphabet of
Soldiers, a lecture recital about the life and poetry of survivor Krystyna
Zywulska.
Dr. Lori Guy, assistant professor of music, and guest artists will perform
commemorative works by American composers at a free lecture recital Monday, Jan. 28
at 7:30 p.m. in Moorer Auditorium on the University of Mobile campus.
International Remembrance Day is Jan. 27, the anniversary of the liberation of
Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. It is a day to honor the six million Jewish
victims of the Holocaust. Krystyna Zywulska, a Polish Jew who survived
Auschwitz-Birkenau, wrote many poems about her experiences inside and outside of the
camps.
After her short lecture, Guy will be joined by Dr. Kathryn Hedlund, associate
professor of music/voice; Christopher Powell, organist and music director at Christ
Church Cathedral; Harlan Mapp, guest baritone and masters degree student in
conducting at University of Southern Mississippi and Sarah Stembel, guest soprano,
who will perform Another Sunrise by Jake Heggie and Farewell, Auschwitz by Gene
Sheer.
For more information about upcoming events in the Alabama School of the Arts,
contact the Roger Breland Center for Performing Arts at University of Mobile at
251.442.2383 or visit umobile.edu/asota.
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