SBU Oboe Faculty James Austin Smith program entitled Hearing Memory performed at National Sawdust was featured in the New Yorker.
READ MORE HERE: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/11/20/secrets-of-the-east-german-oboe-underground
Hearing Memory Project: Through documentary interviews, story-telling and musical performance, Smith reflects on the complicated legacy of the daring classical music scene that emerged in the 1970s in East Germany, offering a powerful example of musicians creating meaning beyond sound. Works of Friedrich Goldmann, Christfried Schmidt, Georg Katzer and Paul Dessau are featured alongside the world premiere of a work by Matana Roberts. Smith will be joined by collaborators Yura Lee and Cory Smythe.