Music of Hazzan Mordecai Gustav Heiser: An Artist, His Art, and the Cantor Tradition in America

Dr. Gilya Gerda Schmidt, Professor Emerita of Religious Studies and Director Emerita of the Fern and Manfred Steinfeld Program in Judaic Studies at the University of Tennesee, Knoxville, presents her newly published book,Hazzan Mordecai Gustav Heiser: An Artist, His Art, and the Cantor Tradition in America.

After the presentation, Dr. Schmidt will be availbe to sign books. Light refreshments provided and books will be available for purchase.

This is part two of a two-part series. The first program presenting the history of Hazzan Heiser is on Monday, September 9 at 7pm.