Dr. Albert Glinsky, professor of music at Mercyhurst College in Erie, PA, will be
featured on an episode of the PBS show
History Detectives scheduled to air on Monday, June 28, at 9
p.m. The episode revolves around the life and work of Russian inventor
and spy Leon Theremin, the subject of a biography Glinsky published in
2000, Theremin: Ether Music and Espionage.
Glinsky holds
bachelor and master of music degrees from the Juilliard School, and a
doctorate from New York University. His music, which includes vocal,
chamber, solo, electronic, and symphonic works, has earned critical
acclaim and been widely performed in venues such as the Aspen Music
Festival, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Wolf Trapp, and in England,
France, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, and the
Far East.
HISTORY
DETECTIVES is a popular PBS series
where history investigators crisscross the country delving into
legends, folklore and personal histories
to discover potentially extraordinary objects in everyday American homes, cities and small
towns. Lion Television and Oregon Public
Broadcasting co-produce the series. Find out more about the series at our website: http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives
Glinsky has appeared on the Discovery Channel, the A&E Network,
various
National Public Radio programs, and on Canadas CBC network and
Englands BBC Radio.