EPO: Celebrating Women in Music

NAME: CELEBRATING WOMEN IN MUSIC

WHERE: VICTORY THEATRE

DOORS OPEN:
TO THE PUBLIC TO PURCHASE TICKETS:
TWO HOURS PRIOR @ 4:00 PM ON SUNDAY

DOORS OPEN:
TO THE EVENT –ONE HOUR PRIOR @ 3:00 PM ON SUNDAY

TIME: 4:00 PM SUNDAY

DATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2024

DESCRIPTION:

THE ORCHESTRA BEGINS THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON CELEBRATION OF WOMEN COMPOSERS. WITH FANNY MENDELSSOHN-HENSEL’S OVERTURE IN C MAJOR. THE BATTLE FOR THE BALLOT, WRITTEN BY STACY GARROP AND NARRATED BY MAYOR STEPHANIE TERRY, FEATURES EXCERPTS FROM THE SPEECHES AND WRITINGS OF SEVEN SUFFRAGISTS, WHICH DEPICT THEIR STRUGGLE FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE. ELAINE HAGENBERG’S BY NIGHT FEATURES THE WOMEN OF THE EVANSVILLE PHILHARMONIC CHORUS, INSPIRED BY HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD’S POEM “BY NIGHT.” GABRIELA ORTIZ IS AMONG THE MOST PROMINENT COMPOSERS IN MEXICO, AND HER VARIED AND DISTINCT WORK, KAUYUMARI WILL BE PERFORMED FOLLOWED BY ENGLISH COMPOSER RUTH GIPPS’ SYMPHONY NO. 2.