From Mao to Mozart

Our students may not know that we UA adults have a Global Book and Movie Club which provides opportunities for us to gather and reflect on wonderful works of film and literature. The club kicked off the year with a festive 2 part event. The first part was an after-school viewing of the 1980 Academy Award winning docudrama, From Mao to Mozart. The second part was a lunch-time viewing of Musical Encounters.

From Mao to Mozart was filmed in 1979 when virtuoso Isaac Stern traveled to China after receiving an unprecedented Chinese government invitation to tour the country. Musical Encounters is a short film which documents Stern's return to China, twenty years later. We at UA were fortunate that our own UA virtuosa, Ms. Jane Chambers, was kind enough to provide a short introduction to the films and to Isaac Stern's extraordinary life.

Thanks to all that attended our first event and "snaps!" to the Math department for attending with such great enthusiasm!