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
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
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: TBD
Sponsors: Nancy and Phil Hablutzel
May 18, 2019, Saturday 10am – 2pm
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: TBD
Sponsors: Virginia Anthony, Steve and Ardene Shafer
June 9, 2019, Sunday
Will Berger, producer and author, lectures on The Ring Cycle.
Venue: SearStone, 17001 SearStone Drive, Cary, NC 27513
Cost: TBD
Sponsor: Steve Prystowsky, MD