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Current and Upcoming Events and Activities

Northern Iowa Wind Symphony Spring Concert to Feature Morton Gould’s Suite from “Holocaust”

Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 7:30 p.m. Great Hall, GBPAC

Under the direction of UNI School of Music professor and conductor Ronald Johnson, the Northern Iowa Wind Symphony will offer a spring concert. The first part of the program will be Morton Gould's intensely haunting music from his score for the film, Holocaust. Gould composed the film score in 1978, and selected music from six of the pivotal moments in the film, as the basis for this Suite. The movement titles are: I. Prologue, II. Kristallnacht, III. Berta and Joseph, IV. Babi Yar, V. Liberation, and VI. Elegy. Prior to each movement, students will read passages from diaries and letters of victims and survivors of the Holocaust. Morton Gould was one of America's most prestigious and honored 20th century composers. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1995, and in 2005, he was posthumously given the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

This event is free and open to the public.

UNI Chapter of STAND Recognized

A UNI chapter of STAND, the student-led division of the Genocide Intervention Network, has been officially recognized as a student organization and has begun operating during the Spring 2010 semester. STAND seeks to organize and educate peers and communities, advocate to elected officials for substantial legislative action, and raise funds for civilian protection in an effort to create a world without genocide.

For more information on this organization, visit the STAND - UNI Chapter group on Facebook.