Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian flags at the Gaudeamus Baltic students’ song festival, Vingis Park, Vilnius, Lithuania, July 3, 1988. (Antanas Bajoriūnas | Perspectives)
The link between the UW and Baltic singing traditions will be strengthened again this January as Guntis Šmidchens, head of the Baltic Studies Program, releases his new book, The Power of Song. The book explores the Baltic Singing Revolution of the 1980s and 1990s — a non-violent resistance movement to regain independence from the Soviet Union. Read more about Šmidchens and his book in the College of Arts and Sciences newsletter, Perspectives, and catch up on the musical relationship between the UW and the Baltics here.