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Ignite DC #8

Jason McCool

How Gustav Mahler's Music Will Make Your Head Go All Explodey

Nothing says sexy like late-19th century Austro-Bohemian orchestral composers, right? BUT IT’S TRUE! Simply put, in this calloused, commercialized world, Gustav Mahler’s music carries the potential to restore our capacity to experience beauty. Presaging the chaos of modern living, Mahler’s emotionally charged symphonies consistently sell out 21st century concert halls, perhaps because they address life’s BIG questions: love, death, comedy, tragedy, the search for God, and the individual human struggle. Is it possible to summarize some of the most profound and epic music ever written in five minutes? If you have ever loved and lost, struggled to express your independence, stared at a sunrise with awe and wonder, or been a human being… you’ll want to find out.

About Jason McCool:

Jason McCool is a Boston-bred, DC-based actor, musician, musicologist, homebrewer and professor. When he's not acting on Washington stages or in indie films, or turning on college students to the hipness of Stephen Foster, Billie Holiday, and Marvin Gaye, he's probably blabbing to you in a bar about how John Coltrane and Gustav Mahler can change your life.