A conference to be held at the College
of the Holy Cross
September 30-October 2, 2005
The fifteenth annual national conference of the Lilly
Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts will be held at
College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Presentations will will be organized around the theme Keeping
the Faith: Four Perspectives on the Creation of Tradition. The
conference begins with registration starting at 2:30 pm on
Friday, September 30 in the Hogan Campus Center lobby and
concludes with a plenary session involving the keynote speakers
ending at 10:15 am Sunday, October 2.
Plenary addresses will be given by four distinguished scholars
and theologians: Alan Avery-Peck, Kraft-Hiatt Professor in
Judaic Studies and chair, department of religious studies,
College of the Holy Cross; John Thiel, professor of religious
studies, Fairfield University; Margaret L. Benderoth, Executive
Director, American Congregational Association; and William
J. Abraham, Albert Cook Outler Professor of Wesley Studies
and University Distinguished Professor, Southern Methodist
University.
A highlight of the conference promises to be Saturday evening’s
performance of works by world renowned composer Osvaldo Golijov,
including sections of his St. Mark Passion,
commissioned to commemorate the 250th anniversary of J. S.
Bach's death. The magnificent work for chorus, orchestra,
and soloists integrates multiple manifestations of Latin
America Christianity and Golijov's own Jewish roots in a
musical universe which critics and audiences in Europe and
America alike praised for encompassing popular and classical
idioms. The CD of the premiere of this work, on the Hanssler
Classic label, received a Grammy nomination in 2002. Venezuelan
conductor Maria Guinand, who conducted that performance,
will conduct the performance at Holy Cross. Renowned soprano
and Grammy-winner Dawn Upshaw will perform as a soloist during
the concert, which is open only to conference participants
and members of the Holy Cross community.
The program concludes Sunday morning with a closing panel of
the plenary speakers and a brief LFP National Network Board
report.
The conference is open to Lilly
Fellows Program member schools and members of the Holy Cross community. There is
no registration fee for the conference. Participants pay
only their transportation. Accommodations (single supplements
available on a limited basis) and all conference meals are
provided. Faculty and administrative LFP representatives
will receive National Conference registration materials directly
from College of the Holy Cross. Thomas M. Landy, Associate
Director, Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture at Holy
Cross (tlandy@holycross.edu),
is coordinating the conference.
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