The Birth of a Song (NOTE THAT THE LECTURE IS AT 2 PM EST, 11 AM PST and 9PM Israeli Time)

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How do text and music relate? How can music express emotions? What is the writing process of a song? In this meeting we will explore how music can touch our hearts, cheer us up when we're sad, and relate to our own lives and feelings. Through live demonstration and discussion of songs by artists such as Arik Einstein, Shalom Hanoch, and Achinoam Nini, we will learn about the intersections between lyrics, melody, harmony, rhythm, and texture and discuss what makes music so powerful and magical.

Gilad Cohen is an active composer, performer, and theorist in various genres. His music for the concert hall is regularly performed by chamber ensembles and soloists around the world, and it was released on Albany Records, Naxos/Delos and Navona Records and won top prizes in international competitions in the US, Europe, Asia and the Middle-East. A winner of the Israeli Prime Minister Award for Composers, Gilad has performed as a pianist, guitarist and bass guitarist on stages in the US, Israel, Canada, Mexico, and Serbia including Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, Merkin Hall (New York),Civic Centre (Ottawa), The Israeli Embassy in Washington D.C., Georgetown University, Indiana University, and numerous festivals in Israel. An Associate Professor of Music at Ramapo College of New Jersey, Gilad holds a Ph.D. in composition from Princeton University. His research about the music of Pink Floyd has resulted in publications in books and leading academic journals, lectures in the US and Israel, and the first-ever academic conference devoted to the band that he produced in 2014 at Princeton University together with composer Dave Molk. www.giladcohen.com