糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Choirs to hold March 14 performance celebrating Women鈥檚 History Month
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will host a live-streamed performance celebrating Women鈥檚 History Month at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 14.The performance, 鈥淲e Sing! A Celebration of Women鈥檚 Heritage,鈥� can be viewed via YouTube . The event is presented by Dr. Lorissa Mason, director of choral activities, and the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Choirs in the Department of Music.“This program has been a long time coming,鈥� Mason said. 鈥淥riginally planned for fall of 2020 to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the 19th Amendment ratification granting women the right to vote, current circumstances pushed the concert back to March of 2021, equally appropriate to celebrate Women’s Heritage Month.鈥�The program includes historically informed music performed by the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Women鈥檚 Chorus, poetry reading, a special musical oratory presentation of Gwyneth Walker鈥檚 鈥淕estalt at 60鈥� featuring Dr. Linda Holzer, professor of music, on piano and Dr. Yslan Hicks, former chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance, as the narrator, and invited speakers from the Department of History with commentary on notable women of the suffrage movement.The 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Women鈥檚 Chorus will perform 鈥淥ne Voice鈥� by Ruthy Moody, 鈥淢arch of the Women鈥� by Ethel Smyth as well as聽 鈥淭hey May Tell You鈥� and 鈥淗ope Lingers On鈥� by Andrea Ramsey.鈥淲e are women speaking about women, singing about women, and performing music written by women,鈥� Mason said. 鈥淲orking with the choirs at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock is an honor and a privilege, and planning this program with these students has strengthened all of us along the way.”
