<p>Mr. Tamosaitis proudly shares that former studnet and Stuy Alumnus, Alex Weiser '06 was a finalist in the the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Music for <i>all the days were purple.</i></p><p>Listen here: <a href="https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/alex-weiser">https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/alex-weiser</a></p><p>Weiser co-founded and directs Kettle Corn New Music, and is Director of Public Programs at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.</p><p>Meditative and devotional in scope, <i>and all the days were purple</i> sets Yiddish and English poems to music in a song cycle that seeks out the divine while reflecting on the longing, beauty and tumult of life.</p><p>The photo is provided courtesy of Mr. Tamosaitis from a Spring Concert at Stuy in 2006!</p>
