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International Education Week Events


Don't miss these International Education Week events on next Thursday, November 18, 2004 on the Brighton Campus, 12:30 – 1:50 pm:

- Italian Opera: One People Many Traditions - Room 8-100
The term "opera" is an abbreviation of the Italian words opera in musica (meaning “works in music”). Opera is a play designed for the stage, with scenery, costumes and lights, in which music plays a prominent part. It is the music that gives power and intensity to the lines of the characters. Music adds that emotional element that otherwise would be lacking. Italy played an important role in the development of Western music. Opera is intertwined within the history and culture of the Italian Catholic church. Society, politics and religion have influenced different trends in Opera throughout the Middle Ages, during the Renaissance, through the Baroque period and into the XIX, XX, and XXI centuries. Professor Teresa Murano will briefly explain the history of Italian opera. Eastman Community School student and MCC student of Italian Margaret Weinert, will sing the aria “Le Nozze di Figaro” by Mozart and “Intorno all’idol mio." MCC student of Italian Michelle Cook will sing "Per la gloria d'adorarvi" from the opera "Griselda" by Giovanni Bononcini and "Ombra mai fu" from the opera "Xerxes" by G.F. Handel.

- Nuyoricans: A Cultural Identity in the Making - Room 6-335
What does the term "Nuyorican" mean?  How does migration from Puerto Rico to New York fuel the construction of a new cultural identity?Come and participate in a discussion surrounding issues of migration, identity and cultural relativism.  Presented by Professor of Sociology Nayda Pares-Kane.

Debbie Mohr
ETS: Library
11/11/2004