{"id":1942,"date":"2017-10-15T12:36:32","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T17:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rctc.edu\/echo\/?p=1942"},"modified":"2025-09-24T10:24:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T16:24:04","slug":"instructor-to-conduct-concert-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/instructor-to-conduct-concert-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Instructor to conduct concert in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1938\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1938\" class=\"wp-image-1938 size-medium\" src=\"\/echo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/David-Kassler-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"RCTC instructor, David\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/David-Kassler-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/David-Kassler-768x923.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/David-Kassler-852x1024.jpg 852w, https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/David-Kassler.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1938\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Kassler<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Echo staff report<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Rochester Community and Technical College\u2019s Interim Choir and Band Instructor and Conductor, Dr. David Kassler, will be traveling to Wittenberg, Germany, to conduct a special concert with the Rochester Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Choir as part of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Kassler and the Good Shepherd choir will be joined by the Wittenberg Castle Church Chamber Choir. The combined choirs will perform on Oct. 8 in the Castle Church<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">With roots dating back to the 15th century, The Wittenberg Castle Church is said to be the church where Martin Luther posted his famous \u201cNinety-five Theses\u201d<i> <\/i>in 1517. Luther is a pivotal figure in the Protestant Reformation, and as such, was excommunicated from the Catholic Church by Pope Leo X in January 1521.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Aside from teaching music and directing the RCTC bands and choirs, Kassler is also director of music at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Rochester.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Kassler assumed the interim director position of RCTC\u2019s director of bands and choirs when Chuck Blattner, longtime RCTC music instructor and conductor, retired earlier this year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Echo staff report Rochester Community and Technical College\u2019s Interim Choir and Band Instructor and Conductor, Dr. David Kassler, will be traveling to Wittenberg, Germany, to conduct a special concert with the Rochester Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Choir as part of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Kassler and the Good Shepherd choir will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}