June 9, 2019, Sunday
Will Berger, producer and author, lectures on Wagner, Technology, and Environment.
Venue: SearStone, 17001 SearStone Drive, Cary, NC 27513
Cost: Free for members and $25/guest
Sponsor: Steve Prystowsky, MD
May 18, 2019, Saturday 10am – 2:30pm
Half-Day Program David B. Levy, PhD, Professor of Music, Wake Forest University, lectures on Tristan und Isolde: Hearing the Light and Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg: Wagner Goes for Baroque.
Venue: The Forest at Duke, 2701 Pickett Road, Durham, NC 27705
Cost: Free for TWS members and $40/guest
Sponsors: Ardene and Steven Shafer and Dr. Richard Sarles
April 14, 2019, Sunday 2pm
James Holman, Chairman, The Wagner Society of Washington DC, lectures on Wagner and Religion: Salvation and Redemption.
Venue: The Forest at Duke, 2701 Pickett Road, Durham, NC 27705
Cost: free for TWS members and $25/guest
Sponsors: Nancy and Phil Hablutzel
James Holman — Excerpts from Wagner and Religion: Salvation and Redemption.
March 30, 2019, Saturday, 10:30am – 11:30am
In collaboration with Silverspot Cinema in Chapel Hill, lecture by Margie Satinsky prior to the Live in HD performance at noon.
Venue: Silverspot Cinema, Chapel Hill
Cost: $20 for brunch
February 3, 2019, Sunday, 2pm – 3:30pm
Recital by Local Artist Jason Karn accompanied by pianist David Heid, Wagner, Verdi and Liszt: Contemporaries of Composition with a Divergence in Design.
Venue: Nelson Music Room on Duke East Campus
Cost: Free for TWS members and guests
January 20, 2019, Sunday 1pm – 4pm
Musicologist and pianist, Jeffrey Swann, will present a lecture and demonstration on The Ring Cycle: How the Music Works.
Venue: SearStone, 17001 SearStone Drive, Cary, NC 27513
Cost: TBD
Sponsor: Jane Lynch
Dr. Jeffrey Swann — Excerpts from "Motive Families: How the Music of the Ring is Organized".