with Susan Blyth, Adam Moscoe, Gustave Goldmann, and Larry Tarof
Berlin, Bernstein, Gershwin, Hammerstein, Hart, Sondheim, … These names are but a few of the people who shaped musical theatre in the 20th century. The presence and influence of Jews in the American musical theatre is undeniable. Susan Blyth-Schofield is an accomplished soprano and a scholar of musical theatre. Ms Blyth-Schofield will present a history of the role that Jews had in shaping musical theatre as we know it. Her lecture will be punctuated with the performance of selected numbers that illustrate the key points of the influence of Jewish heritage in musical theatre.
Susan Blyth-Schofield works in a variety of related musical areas. As a performer she has received critical acclaim in opera, operetta, and musical theatre across Canada and in Europe. Blyth-Schofield has worked as a stage director on many shows and as a musicologists, she has contributed to over fifty articles on singers to Die Musik in Geschickte und Gegenwart for their Personenteil. She currently teaches voice and interpretation in her studio in Ottawa and at Carleton University.
Gustave J. Goldmann – Member of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. University Degrees (Ph.D., Sociology, Carleton University, Ottawa, 2000, M.A., Sociology, Carleton University, Ottawa, 1994, B.Sc., Mathematics & Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, 1981. Research Interests :Demographic flows and how immigrants adapt in the receiving society, Ethnic mobility – what are the factors that influence changes in ethnic identity within and across generations, The demographic situation of the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada, Advanced quantitative research methods, Demolinguistics.
Adam Moscoe studies at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, and works on international humanitarian assistance and refugee affairs in the Government of Canada. He is a proud Limmud Ottawa organizer and has also presented sessions at Limmud in the UK. Adam is Ottawa Chair of Global Dignity Day, Vice-Curator of the Global Shapers Community (an initiative of the World Economic Forum), and a board member of the Tamir Foundation of Ottawa and Youth Ottawa. An Ewashko Singer, he frequently performs with the NAC Orchestra. Adam was previously named one of Canada’s “Top 20 Under 20.” Follow him on Twitter @AdamMoscoe.
Larry Tarof (“Dr. L”) is an experienced musician/composer/arranger with a reputation for full, lush piano arrangements. Within Ottawa’s two largest synagogues, he has directed multiple choirs and a Klezmer band, has run the TIRS music program since 1993 and appears every Friday as a Kabbalat Shabbat soloist (vocals/guitar/piano). Some of his compositions are used in liturgical and school settings. At Kiwanis time, he is Ottawa’s busiest musical theater accompanist, and he does MD/piano for Carleton U’s Musical Theatre Ensemble.”Dr. L” is also a research scientist, having earned his a Ph.D. in semiconductor physics,and even had CEO, CTO and “Principal/Chief Scientist” gigs in the high tech world in between bouts of being a full-time musician.
