Eloise Garmendia Bieter Chair: Josu Elberdin
Euskara. Kultura. Mundura.
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10Feb 202523Feb 2025
Boise
The choral conductor and music professor Josu Elberdin, will be the guest of the Eloise Garmendia Bieter Chair promoted by the Etxepare Basque Institute at Boise State University (BSU).
He will collaborate with Richard Hutton, from the Department of Music at Boise State University. There he will work with different choirs and orchestras; performing rehearsals and musical dynamics.
He will also work with composition students and with different groups from the external community. In the concert of the last day, they will perform several songs and will offer the premiere of two Shakespeare sonnets, translated into Basque by Juan Gartzia and composed by Josu Elberdin.
In addition, they will present two conferences: ´The strength of music in politics´ and ´The values of choral music in today´s society´.
Etxepare Basque Institute and the Eloise Garmendia Bieter Chair
Inaugurated in 2015, the Eloise Garmendia Bieter Chair promotes teaching and research on topics related to Basque and Basque culture. The chair is named after the mother of David H. Bieter, mayor of Boise (2004-2020), for her commitment to Basque culture and the role played in the U.S. Basque community.
