{"id":14560,"date":"2026-05-29T13:12:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T18:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/?p=14560"},"modified":"2026-05-29T13:12:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T18:12:50","slug":"violins-of-hope-to-visit-augsburg-university-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/2026\/05\/29\/violins-of-hope-to-visit-augsburg-university-in-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Violins of Hope to visit Augsburg University in June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Augsburg University invites the public to \u201cVoices of Hope and Resilience\u201d on June 23, an afternoon and evening of public events featuring the <a href=\"https:\/\/minnesotajcc.org\/cultural-arts\/violins-of-hope\"><span class=\"s2\">Violins of Hope<\/span><\/a>. Thanks to the generosity of Regent Emerita Diane Jacobson and Paul Jacobson, Augsburg\u2019s Music Department in the Schwartz School of the Arts will host a symposium, chamber concert, community dinner, and orchestra concert centered on Jewish-themed music in remembrance of the millions of Jews murdered during the Holocaust. These events are presented by the Minnesota JCC in partnership with Augsburg, the Minnesota Sinfonia, and the University of Minnesota.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Violins of Hope touring collection highlights restored string instruments that survived the Holocaust to tell the stories of those who played, hid, carried, and saved them. Today, the instruments serve as powerful symbols of remembrance and resilience. CBS Saturday Morning <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rt-o3_2IQtU?si=JLEYI_y5GhqcHZVV\"><span class=\"s2\">aired a segment<\/span><\/a> about the Violins of Hope on May 9, including interviews with renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman and Mark Bergman, professor of music and artist in residence at Augsburg.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">June 23: Voices of Hope and Resilience<b><\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">2\u20135 p.m. Symposium and Chamber Music Concert<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">5\u20136:30 p.m. Cocktail Hour and Dinner<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">6:45 p.m. Pre-Concert Lecture<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">7:30 p.m. Minnesota Sinfonia Concert<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Location: Foss Center and Anderson Music Hall, Augsburg University<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">All events are free and open to the public, but space is limited. All are welcome. <a href=\"https:\/\/events.hometownticketing.com\/boxoffice\/augsburg\/L2VtYmVkL2V2ZW50LzQ2NA==\"><span class=\"s2\">Register now.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Augsburg University invites the public to \u201cVoices of Hope and Resilience\u201d on June 23, an afternoon and evening of public events featuring the Violins of Hope. Thanks to the generosity of Regent Emerita Diane Jacobson and Paul Jacobson, Augsburg\u2019s Music Department in the Schwartz School of the Arts will host a symposium, chamber concert, community <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":14561,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[241],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14562,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14560\/revisions\/14562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}