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Thirty-seven 91漫画app students will visit Germany this summer thanks to support from the Office of Research and Economic Development (ORED) and the Halle Foundation. Thirteen students in the theater program will experience a five-week study abroad curriculum from Wittenberg to Berlin, while 24 students from the trumpet ensemble and The Sound ensemble will go on a two-week performance tour with stops in Nuremberg, Halle an der Saale, Detmold and Munich.

Students taking part in the theater trip will study the work of German playwright Bertolt Brecht whose signature style of 鈥渆pic theater鈥� differs from the more naturalistic style common in the U.S. Theater minor Bella Diaz is excited for the opportunity to study Brecht鈥檚 style in the place where it originated.

鈥淲hen you are learning about something that is foreign to you, being able to immerse yourself not just in the culture, but in the people who live that culture, it makes you appreciate it more,鈥� Diaz said. 鈥淥f course, I could never have the full perspective of a native German, but being able to look up from the textbook and think 鈥榯hat street sign is in German and those buildings do not look like anything in my hometown,鈥� I believe that will help me understand the content in a much deeper way than if I was studying it outside the place where it originated.鈥�

Theatre professor Nick Newell knows firsthand how international learning can create a more profound appreciation. He looks forward to giving his students the same kind of experience he had when he studied overseas.

“I was very fortunate to have studied Shakespeare in England at Stratford-upon-Avon as an undergrad and (Anton) Chekhov and (Konstantin) Stanislavski at the Moscow Art Theatre School in graduate school,鈥� said Newell. 鈥淚 can say definitively that those experiences helped to shape me as an artist and scholar in a way that never would have been possible through reading about them because theater is an experiential art.” 

In addition to performing for German audiences, the music ensembles will take part in master classes and participate in master classes taught by German instructors. Principal Lecturer of Trumpet Tim Kintzinger, DMA, notes that the venues will be unlike anything the students have ever experienced.

鈥淭hink of a church that is older than your country, and that鈥檚 where you are going to be playing,鈥� said Kintzinger. 鈥淭hen our concert in Halle is going to be outdoors during a city festival, so they will be on stage in the town square where the whole town comes together for food and music.鈥�

Georgia Southern has sent several groups to Germany in recent years thanks to grants from the Halle Foundation, coordinated by Jolyon Hughes, Ph.D., professor of communication arts and world languages and cultures. This year鈥檚 trips received a collective $80,000 from the foundation, along with $20,000 from ORED. Hughes said the partnership between the University and the Halle Foundation has created a mutual exchange of cultural and educational benefits.

鈥淭his grant process has allowed us to make quite a few connections in Germany, and we have been able to send many students there. We are also working on faculty exchanges,鈥� said Hughes. 鈥淚t has really broadened our partnerships with our German and European partner institutions.鈥�

Kintzinger has seen many students go on previous trips to Germany. He knows the full value of the program is something that can only be felt and not described.

鈥淭his is a great experience for them and they cannot know how much they are going to get out of it until they actually do it,鈥� said Kintzinger. 鈥淚 just keep telling them, 鈥榶ou will come home changed.鈥欌��