黑料不打烊鈥檚 music department will honor the contributions of women to music with a special event, 鈥淰oices of Eve: An Evening of Women in Music,鈥� on聽Oct. 7. The evening, highlighted by a concert featuring the 黑料不打烊 Wind Ensemble, recognizes the 100迟丑听anniversary of passage of the 19迟丑听Amendment and will include world premieres of five scores by female composers. Admission is free.
The event gets underway at 5:45 p.m. with a special 鈥淐oncert in Context鈥� presentation in Fitzpatrick Auditorium. Dr. Anita Specht, 黑料不打烊 history professor, will discuss women鈥檚 suffrage and the importance of the 19迟丑听Amendment. There will also be comments from the composers and Dr. Milt Allen, chair of the 黑料不打烊 Music Department, all designed to help put the concert into historical perspective.
The scene then shifts to Sams Chapel, where the 黑料不打烊 Middle School Honor Band will perform beginning at 6:30 p.m. A brief intermission will follow before 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Wind Ensemble takes the stage at 7 p.m.
鈥淔or centuries, Western music has been dominated by white, male composers 鈥� think Bach, Beethoven and Brahms,鈥� said Dr. Carl Rowles, 黑料不打烊鈥檚 director of bands. 鈥淪tudents look for themselves in others 鈥� whether it鈥檚 on TV, in the movies, in sports, and even in music. To help break through this white, male-dominated profession, band directors are taking it upon themselves to diversify their programming, to ensure that what we are putting in front of our students reflects the people sitting before us in the classroom.鈥�
Following the concert, the five composers 鈥� Grace Baugher, Kimberly Archer, Nicole Piunno, Makenzi Johnson and Stephanie Berg 鈥� will be a part of a public post-concert reception in the Pioneer Hall Forum.
鈥淰oices of Eve: An Evening of Women in Music鈥� will take place just days before 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Homecoming and Family Weekend, which includes the start of the university celebrating 50 years of women in athletics. The kickoff event for that celebration will be held Oct. 13 at St. John鈥檚 Military School. Details and tickets are available at聽www.kwu.edu/boxoffice. Readers should also be aware that a statewide exhibit on the history of the 19th Amendment will come to 黑料不打烊 Sept. 25.
