Regarding geographic restrictions: For the purposes of the festival, the “Greater Spokane Metro Area” includes Spokane and Coeur d’Alene and environs (e.g., Colville, Elk, Mead, Harrison, Hayden, etc.) as well as the Tri-Cities and the Moscow/Pullman area. If you live in one of these areas and are unable to access this film, please email director@sajfs.org for help.
Crescendo is about the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, but it is also about the power of art — and specifically classical music — to bring together disparate people groups to find common ground. Based loosely on the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, which conductor Daniel Barenboim and academic Edward Said founded in 1999, the film’s youth orchestra composed of Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs follows a challenging path, but its members gain insights along the way even as they come up against the long-standing fears and tensions that animate the Israel/Palestine conflict to this day.
For our post-film discussion, we wanted a guest with extensive knowledge of and experience in the world of classical music — and someone already familiar with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. We were therefore delighted that Spokane Public Radio music director Verne Windham agreed to join us.
A bit about our guest: Verne Windham was the Principal Horn player of the Spokane Symphony from 1971 to 1988. The greatest calling of his life was as conductor of the Spokane Youth Orchestra from 1994 to 2011. For most of his time in Spokane he has been essential to the music side of Spokane Public Radio.
Regarding geographic restrictions: For the purposes of the festival, the “Greater Spokane Metro Area” includes Spokane and Coeur d’Alene and environs (e.g., Colville, Elk, Mead, Harrison, Hayden, etc.) as well as the Tri-Cities and the Moscow/Pullman area. If you live in one of these areas and are unable to access this film, please email director@sajfs.org for help.
Crescendo is about the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, but it is also about the power of art — and specifically classical music — to bring together disparate people groups to find common ground. Based loosely on the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, which conductor Daniel Barenboim and academic Edward Said founded in 1999, the film’s youth orchestra composed of Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs follows a challenging path, but its members gain insights along the way even as they come up against the long-standing fears and tensions that animate the Israel/Palestine conflict to this day.
For our post-film discussion, we wanted a guest with extensive knowledge of and experience in the world of classical music — and someone already familiar with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. We were therefore delighted that Spokane Public Radio music director Verne Windham agreed to join us.
A bit about our guest: Verne Windham was the Principal Horn player of the Spokane Symphony from 1971 to 1988. The greatest calling of his life was as conductor of the Spokane Youth Orchestra from 1994 to 2011. For most of his time in Spokane he has been essential to the music side of Spokane Public Radio.