“We have to see the world as it is, but we have to think about what the world could be. That’s what the arts are about.” – Dr. Herbert Zipper
The Zipper Archives
The archives were originally bequeathed to Crossroads School by Herbert Zipper and retrieved by Dr. Paul Cummins (Dr. Zipper’s biographer) after Dr. Zipper’s death in April 1997. They were then donated to the Colburn School in 2019 from Crossroads School.
Dr. Herbert Zipper (1904-1997)
Dr. Herbert Zipper, for whom the Colburn School’s Zipper Hall is named after, was an internationally renowned conductor, composer, music educator, Holocaust survivor, and pioneer of the community music movement in the United States.
Trudl Dubsky Zipper (1913-1976)
Trudl Dubsky Zipper, for whom the Colburn School’s Dance Institute is named after, was a gifted dancer, choreographer, costume designer, and artist. She was a member of the famed Bodenwieser Dance Group in the 1920s and 1930s.
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“The mutual inspiration of artist and audience creates an atmosphere of excitement and exhilaration, which in some instances reaches the sublime.” – Dr. Herbert Zipper
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