FORUM ON OTELLO & SHOW BOAT, May 2, 2009 - Oakland East Bay Symphony

<BODY> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="6" WIDTH="590" STYLE="border-collapse: collapse" BGCOLOR="#FFFFDD"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="598" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3"><IMG SRC="../image/200809/forum-image.JPG" ALIGN="TOP" BORDER="0" WIDTH="598" HEIGHT="227"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="399" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT"> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><B><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><BR>Forum on <FONT SIZE="+1"><I>OTELLO</I> & <I>SHOW BOAT</I></FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><BR> </SPAN><SPAN STYLE='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><B><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="2" BORDER="0"></B></SPAN></P> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><SPAN STYLE='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Co-sponsored by <BR>City of Oakland Downtown Senior Center <BR>and Oakland Symphony Chorus. </SPAN></P> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><SPAN STYLE='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><B><BR><FONT SIZE="3">SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2009 - 2:00pm</FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></B><BR>City of Oakland Downtown Senior Center <BR>(Veterans Memorial Building)<BR>200 Grand Avenue, Oakland, CA <A HREF="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=200+Grand+Avenue,+Oakland,+CA&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=addr" TARGET="_top">Map</A><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><FONT COLOR="#660000"><BR><B>Admission:</B> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#660000">FREE to the Public</FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/line-horiz.JPG" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="300" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></SPAN></P> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><B><SPAN STYLE='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Forum</SPAN></B><SPAN STYLE='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><BR>Maestro Michael Morgan, <I>Music Director</I> <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><B>Introduction and Commentary</B> <BR>Maestro Michael Morgan</SPAN></P> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><BR> </SPAN><B><SPAN STYLE='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Moderator</SPAN></B><SPAN STYLE='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <BR> John Kendall Bailey</SPAN><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></SPAN></P> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="line-height:normal"><B><SPAN STYLE='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black'>Panelists </SPAN></B><B><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'><BR> </SPAN></B><FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Professor G. Reginald Daniel, UC Santa Barbara, race and ethnic relations; comparative and historical sociology, author of <I><A></A><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Black-Multiracial-Identity-Racial-Order/dp/1566399092/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231198337&sr=8-1" TARGET="_top">More than Black? Multiracial Identity and the New Racial Order</A></I>.</SPAN><B><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"> <BR> </SPAN></B><SPAN STYLE='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Professor Rachel F. Moran, Berkeley Law School, a specialist in law, race, and identity; currently at  UC Irvine; author of </SPAN><I><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Interracial-Intimacy-Regulation-Race-Romance/dp/0226536637/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229624543&sr=1-4" TARGET="_top">Interracial Intimacy: The Regulation of Race and Romance</A></I> . Prof. Moran's<SPAN STYLE='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> works have been targeted at dispelling the myth that because the US struck down anti-miscegenation laws, all issues of inter-racial intimacy have been resolved.</SPAN></FONT><B><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"> <BR> </SPAN></B><SPAN STYLE='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Professor Paul von Blum, UCLA; Paul Robeson expert and author of 6 books. </SPAN></P> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="3">Drawing on the themes of <I>Otello</I> and <I>Show Boa</I>t for its inspiration, Oakland East Bay Symphony is presenting this forum to explore race, ethnicity and social relations as portrayed in music, and as reflected in the contemporary cultural quilt of California.</FONT><BR><SPAN STYLE='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN STYLE='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Historical facts, performing arts history, personal stories, and interesting and relevant points </SPAN><SPAN STYLE='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>will be included. The panel will include a team of experts in various fields. <I><BR><BR></I>PLUS Film Clips from <I>ShowBoat</I> and <I>Otello</I> Performances.</SPAN> <P CLASS="MsoNormal" STYLE="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></TD> <TD WIDTH="187" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="2"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/200809/John-Kendall-Bailey.jpg" ALT="John Kendall Bailey" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="90" HEIGHT="116" BORDER="1"> <IMG SRC="../image/200809/ReginaldDaniel.jpg" ALT="G. Reginald Daniel" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="90" HEIGHT="117" BORDER="1"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">Bailey<IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="12" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">Daniel<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="5" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/200809/rachelmoran.jpg" ALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="90" HEIGHT="111" BORDER="1" ALT="Rachel F. Moran"> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/200809/paulvonblum.jpg" ALT="Paul von Blum" ALIGN="TOP" BORDER="1" WIDTH="90" HEIGHT="111"></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"> <IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">Moran <IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="15" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0">von Blum<BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></FONT></FONT><BR> <CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><B>Funded in part by</B> <BR>Bell Investment Advisors, <BR>National Endowment for the Arts, and <BR>City of Oakland <BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR><B>Presented by</B> <BR>Oakland East Bay Symphony <BR>in association with <BR>Oakland Symphony Chorus <BR>and <BR>City of Oakland <BR>Downtown Senior Center</FONT></FONT></CENTER><BR><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="-1"><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="5" BORDER="0"></FONT><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"></FONT><BR><BR><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><IMG SRC="../image/homepage/10x10.JPG" WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="10" BORDER="0"><BR></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY>