Since the start of the fall 2023 semester, the Admissions Office has worked collaboratively with the Maurene Callahan Bouras Center for Global
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The Music Department will host Buffalo State University's first Women in Music Festival today, March 8, and Sunday, March 10, in celebration of Women’s History Month. All events will be held in Ciminelli Recital Hall, located on the third floor of Rockwell Hall. Come out and enjoy works by women composers.
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Friday, March 8
4:30 p.m.
Tormenta d’Amore (All female baroque chamber ensemble)
“Leading Ladies of the Baroque: Rebels and Trailblazers”: Musical works by women composers from the baroque era: Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602–1676), Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677), Élizabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729) and more. Three female baroque specialists will be performing and interacting with the audience during the concert.
Admission: Free
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7:30 p.m.
Concert with Guest Performers
Performance by students and faculty members from SUNY Buffalo State, the Eastman School of Music, Nazareth University, SUNY Onondaga Community College, and Rochester Institute of Technology
Admission: Free
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Sunday, March 10
2:30 p.m.
Pre-concert Forum and Discussion
Ellen Barnum: “Women in Music and Curriculum”
Carolyn Guzski: “African American Women Opera Singers at the MET”
Tiffany Nicely: “Women in Traditional African Musics”
Holly Bewlay, Moderator, “Possible Impact of This Work in the Future”
Admission: Free
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4:00 p.m.
Buffalo State Music Department Faculty Showcase Concert
Admission: $10 general admission/students free with student ID
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Submitted by: Ho Eui H. Bewlay