Event Description

Throughout history, art has maintained the power to threaten the social order. Delving into music that was censored, banned, and propagandized as “degenerate,” Fifth House Ensemble sheds new light on works by artists facing oppression under three different oppressive regimes: Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, and the dark days of McCarthyism right here in the United States where individuals, ideas, and art were deemed un-American. Fifth House Ensemble collaborates with the American Civil Liberties Union, Holocaust Community Services, the Spertus Institute, Artists at Risk, and the University of Chicago to share and illuminate poignant historical and present day stories of artists from around the world. Join 5HE and representatives from each organization in a discussion panel on censorship, human rights, and freedom of expression after the performance.