The
Maryland Psychiatric Society,
in conjunction with the
Maryland Foundation for Psychiatry presents,
A CME event featuring world-renowned psychiatrist and
pianist Richard Kogan, M.D. Dr. Kogan will present a program on the life of
American composer George Gershwin. Dr. Kogan will discuss how Gershwin's
creativity was affected by his mental illness.
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WHEN: Saturday,
October 2, 2004
AGENDA:
Reception
(Members Only)
7:00PM – 8:15PM
Registration
8:00PM
Presentation
by Dr. Kogan
8:30PM – 10:00PM
Question
and Answer
10:00PM – 10:30PM
WHERE: Goucher
College’s Kraushaar Auditorium, Towson, MD
COST:
$20 for MPS member and their guests
$30
for Non-Members
*Fees are non-refundable
SUPPORTERS: Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Glaxo SmithKline
OTHER SUPPORTERS: Sheppard Pratt Health System, Saint Joseph Medical Center, Pfizer Inc., Forest Pharmaceuticals, The Maryland Foundation for Psychiatry, Goucher College
Richard
Kogan has a
distinguished career both as a psychiatrist and as a concert pianist. He has
been praised for his "exquisite, eloquent, and compelling playing" by
the New York Times, and the Boston Globe wrote "Kogan has somehow managed
to excel at the world's two most demanding professions". He won first prize
in the Chopin Competition of the Kosciuszko Foundation and has performed
throughout the world as a recitalist and orchestral soloist. He has been a
frequent chamber music collaborator with cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
Dr. Kogan is a graduate of Juilliard Pre-college, Harvard
College, and Harvard Medical School and he completed his psychiatric residency
at NYU. He is a psychiatrist in private practice in New York City and is
affiliated with Weill-Cornell Medical School as Director of its Human Sexuality
Program. He has combined his professional pursuits by giving
lecture/performances that explore how the medical and psychiatric illnesses of
the great composers influenced their creative output. His work is featured in
the new Yamaha DVD series entitled "Richard Kogan : Music and the
Mind".
George
Gershwin was born Jacob Gershowitz on September 26, 1898 in Brooklyn,
New York. Gershwin began his professional career in "Tin Pan Alley," a
location in New York City where aspiring composers and songwriters would bring
their scores to a publisher in hopes of selling the tunes for a modest amount of
cash. Two years after he started work for Jerome Remick, Gershwin had his first
song published.
Gershwin
is mainly known for numerous songs, which have become a part of the American
songbook. The full-scale collaboration of George and Ira Gershwin as
composer/lyricist began in 1924 with the musical Lady Be Good! After Lady Be
Good, George teamed with Ira to create several musicals, including Tip-Toes,
Oh Kay!, Strike Up the Band,
Funny Face, Girl Crazy, & Of Thee I
Sing.
When
George and Ira packed their backs for Hollywood, leaving Broadway behind them,
their music did not diminish. George and Ira composed numerous scores and songs
for the Silver Screen, including short pieces for Fred Astaire and Ginger
Rogers.
The
"American Opera," as Gershwin referred to it, was Porgy and Bess. Porgy and Bess
dealt with the poverty of the ghettos and their daily lives and loves. Since the
poor showing at the box offices couldn't take care of the show's cost, it was
closed shortly after opening. Unfortunately, Porgy, which opened in 1935, became popular only after Gershwin's
death in 1937. Today, Porgy and Bess
represents one of the first efforts to reflect a minority culture in American
life and also is the most successful opera ever written by an American composer.
Gershwin's
life met a short and tragic end. What started as simple headaches became more
serious and chronic. When Gershwin started to forget portions of his compositions
while performing them. Doctors informed him that he had a brain tumor and
suggested emergency surgery. Doctors who specialized in this form of cancer
surgery were to be flown in to California to perform the potentially life saving
operation. Unfortunately, Gershwin did not survive the surgery and died on July
11, 1937 in Hollywood.
At
the conclusion of the program participants will be able to:
1.
Identify the
signs and symptoms of a brain tumor
2.
Understand the
role of organic factors in the etiology of depressive episodes
3.
Describe the
impact of psychiatric illness on the creative process
4.
List at least two fundamental concepts about creativity and genius.
The Maryland Psychiatric Society is accredited by MedChi,
The Maryland State Medical Society to sponsor continuing medical education for
physicians. The Maryland Psychiatric Society designates this continuing medical
education activity for a maximum of 2.0 hours of Category 1 credit toward the
Physician Recognition Award of the American Medical Association. Each physician
should claim only those hours that he/she actually spent in the educational
activity.
This activity has been planned and implemented in
accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council
for Continuing Medical Education through the joint Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of The Maryland
Psychiatric Society and The Maryland Foundation for Psychiatry. The Maryland
Psychiatric Society is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical
education for physicians.
The MPS is approved by the Board of Social Workers to
offer 2 CEU Credits to social workers for this event.
The
MPS is approved by the Board of Professional Counselors & Therapists and to
offer 2 CEU Credits to counselors for this event.
Goucher
College is located on Dulaney Valley Road, Towson, Maryland, about eight miles
north of the center of Baltimore. Motorists
approaching Goucher College from any direction are advised to take the Baltimore
Beltway (I-695), leaving it at exit 27A-Towson (Dulaney Valley Road south). The
college entrance is on the left, one-half block from exit 27A.
