Jonah And The Whale In Story, Science, Art, And Music

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Dominick Argento found inspiration for Jonah and the Whale in sources as varied as a Swedish church painting, a medieval English poem, familiar hymns, and traditional work songs and sea shanteys, and used them to create a powerful dramatization of a familiar story. Join the Oratorio Chorale as they explore the import of Jonah and teh Whale in literature, science, art, and music. Examin a small, articulated minke whale skeleton provided my Allied Whale, College of the Atlantic.
PANELISTS
Biblical… Show more Jonah and Judaic Tradition
Carolyn Braun, Rabbi, Temple Beth El, Portland
Representing Jonah and the Whale: Art, Allegory and Fantasy -Realism
Burke Long, Kenan Professor of Religion and the Humanities Emeritus, Bowdoin College
A Sentinel Species: The Whale and the Environment
Sean Todd, Steven K. Katona Professor of Marine Sciencees, College of the Atlantic Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, Director of Allied Whale
Music as Embodiment: Compsers' Depictions of the Sea and its Creatures
Elliott Schwarts, Robert K. Beckwith Professor Emeritus of Music, Bowdoin College, and internationally known composer.
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Dominick Argento found inspiration for Jonah and the Whale in sources as varied as a Swedish church painting, a medieval English poem, familiar hymns, and traditional work songs and sea shanteys, and used them to create a powerful dramatization of a familiar story. Join the Oratorio Chorale as they explore the import of Jonah and teh Whale in literature, science, art, and music. Examin a small, articulated minke whale skeleton provided my Allied Whale, College of the Atlantic.
PANELISTS
Biblical Jonah and Judaic Tradition
Carolyn Braun, Rabbi, Temple Beth El, Portland
Representing Jonah and the Whale: Art, Allegory and Fantasy -Realism
Burke Long, Kenan Professor of Religion and the Humanities Emeritus, Bowdoin College
A Sentinel Species: The Whale and the Environment
Sean Todd, Steven K. Katona Professor of Marine Sciencees, College of the Atlantic Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, Director of Allied Whale
Music as Embodiment: Compsers' Depictions of the Sea and its Creatures
Elliott Schwarts, Robert K. Beckwith Professor Emeritus of Music, Bowdoin College, and internationally known composer.

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