Milligan University Professor Kellie Brown will present The Sound of Hope: Holocaust Music as an Agent of Resistance, Resiliency, and Reconciliation on April 20 at 7 p.m. via Zoom. Dr. Brown’s presentation is sponsored by the Northeast State Cultural Activities committee.
Zoom link:
https://northeaststate.zoom.us/j/98896396747?pwd=eHFueU5pQ0x5SVBkWHUxdVk0V3RoUT09
Meeting ID: 988 9639 6747
For almost 20 years, Brown has researched music during the Holocaust through the lives of remarkable people— composers, conductors, and performers, who stubbornly clung to music, wherever and however they could, to preserve their culture, to uplift the human spirit, and to triumph over oppression, even amid incredible tragedy and suffering.
Her work highlights how music became an agent of spiritual resistance and resiliency for the Jewish people as they battled against a force that sought to exterminate them. Brown has also cultivated relationships with Holocaust survivors and their children and grandchildren, and through these connections, she has witnessed how music has been, and continues to be, a vital means for remembrance and reconciliation.
Brown has been a member of the Milligan University music faculty since 1998 and holds the positions of Chair of the Music Department, Professor of Music, and conductor of the Milligan Orchestra. Dr. Brown is a frequent clinician and performer throughout the country and serves as the assistant conductor and associate concertmaster of the Johnson City Symphony Orchestra.
Brown studied violin performance and music education at Furman University and East Tennessee State University, where she received a bachelor’s degree in music education. She also holds a master’s degree in violin performance from Appalachian State University and a doctoral degree in higher education administration, with an emphasis in music administration, from East Tennessee State University.
Milligan University Professor Kellie Brown will present The Sound of Hope: Holocaust Music as an Agent of Resistance, Resiliency, and Reconciliation on April 20 at 7 p.m. via Zoom. Dr. Brown’s presentation is sponsored by the Northeast State Cultural Activities committee.
Zoom link:
https://northeaststate.zoom.us/j/98896396747?pwd=eHFueU5pQ0x5SVBkWHUxdVk0V3RoUT09
Meeting ID: 988 9639 6747
Her work highlights how music became an agent of spiritual resistance and resiliency for the Jewish people as they battled against a force that sought to exterminate them. Brown has also cultivated relationships with Holocaust survivors and their children and grandchildren, and through these connections, she has witnessed how music has been, and continues to be, a vital means for remembrance and reconciliation.
Brown has been a member of the Milligan University music faculty since 1998 and holds the positions of Chair of the Music Department, Professor of Music, and conductor of the Milligan Orchestra. Dr. Brown is a frequent clinician and performer throughout the country and serves as the assistant conductor and associate concertmaster of the Johnson City Symphony Orchestra.
Brown studied violin performance and music education at Furman University and East Tennessee State University, where she received a bachelor’s degree in music education. She also holds a master’s degree in violin performance from Appalachian State University and a doctoral degree in higher education administration, with an emphasis in music administration, from East Tennessee State University.
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