Green College Series on Intergenerational Trauma

Releasing the Trauma Effects of War: Healing Through The Integration of Music with Therapeutic Approaches to Trauma Recovery

This is an integrated presentation on how music and performance can contextualize injury and recovery from war related trauma among veterans and their families. This will be demonstrated through a performance developed and directed by Nancy Hermiston including music students and veteran students performing the famous "Sleep" Chorus from Silent Night, an opera depicting the famous Christmas truce of World War I, a moment when arms were laid down, voices came together in song and for a short time humanity returned to the earth.

Nancy Hermiston Chair of the Voice and Opera Divisions of UBC's School of Music, and Director of the UBC Opera Ensemble, with Richard Vedan and Marv Westwood. 

This lecture is free to attend and does not require registration. Join us in-person at the UBC Vancouver Campus in the Old Auditorium. There will be a reception following the performance.

Co-sponsors: Emeritus College and Green College