World-Renowned Morgan State University Choir to Perform Feb. 19
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F R O S T B U R G S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y StateLineswww.frostburg.edu/news/statelines.htm For and about FSU people A publication of the FSU Office of Advancement Volume 38, Number 18, Feb. 11, 2008 Copy deadline: noon Wednesday, 228 Hitchins or [email protected] V-Day Events Highlighted World-Renowned Morgan State by ‘Vagina Monologues’ FSU will present Eve Ensler’s “The University Choir to Perform Feb. 19 Vagina Monologues” at 7:30 p.m. on Educational Talk 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, and Saturday, Feb. 16, Widely recognized as one of the at the Pealer Recital Hall in the Perform- Precedes Performance nation’s most prestigious university ing Arts Center. The event is part of V- The public will have an opportunity to choral ensembles, the Morgan State Day, a global campaign to end violence enjoy a world-class performing ensemble University Choir’s repertoire spans against women and girls. and honor the memory of Dr. Martin several centuries and includes classical, In celebration of V-Day’s 10-year Luther King Jr. when FSU presents the gospel and contemporary popular music. anniversary, the Women’s Studies Depart- Morgan State University ment and the Ophelia Project are spon- Choir Tuesday, Feb. 19, soring FSU’s seventh benefit production in the Pealer Recital Hall of the play. “The Vagina Monologues” on the FSU campus. The dives into a range of emotions buried in free concert, part of FSU’s real women’s experiences. All proceeds ongoing spring celebra- will benefit the Family Crisis Resource tion of Dr. King’s life, Center in Cumberland and the Dove begins at 6:30 p.m. with Center of Garrett County. an educational exchange V-Day performances of the award- and talk with several winning “The Vagina Monologues” choir members and Dr. generated over $6 million globally in Eric Conway, the choir’s 2007. The annual benefit performances director. A spirited and projects raise awareness and funds performance by the group for anti-violence groups within the follows at 7:30 p.m. community. Regional choral Dr. Eric Conway will speak before the concert As part of musicians, congrega- its 2008 V- tional and school choirs, FSU choir The 50-member traveling ensemble is Day Cam- students and other music lovers are also noted for its emphasis on preserv- paign, FSU invited to learn more about live perfor- ing the heritage of the spiritual, will have its mances and the challenges and rigors of particularly in the historic practices of annual Scarf touring during Dr. Conway’s pre-perfor- performance. The Choir tours interna- Sale today mance open dialogue. As director of the tionally on a regular basis and appears through Feb. Morgan State University Choir, Dr. with the finest American and European 15 in the Conway has been a part of the group’s orchestras. Lane Univer- concerts at venues all over the world. He The Choir’s performance was jointly sity Center will offer insights on how professional organized by FSU’s Martin Luther King and during artists have successful tours, with the Jr. Celebration Committee, Cultural the perfor- The sale of home- help of select Choir members who will Events Series, the Office of the Presi- mances of made scarves will also be present during the dialogue. Dr. dent, the Office of the Provost, the “The Vagina benefit local Conway will also discuss diversity issues Office of Student and Educational Monologues.” women’s shelters. as part of a reflection on Dr. King. The Services, FSU’s Black Student Alliance Proceeds will Choir will then share their talents with and the Diversity Center. For more benefit both local centers. the community during the concert at information, call x3137. The Clothesline Project, designed to “air out society’s dirty laundry,” will be Fill Your Spring Calendar with MLK Celebrations held from Feb. 11 to Feb. 15 in the Lane University Center. Women and men FSU and Allegany College of Maryland and Dr. Leslie McElmore, Director of the are invited to create shirts that will be will present a semester’s worth of Fannie Lou Hamer Institute. displayed during the performances of programs in celebration of the life and Freedom Through Music “The Vagina Monologues” as a visual legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Nationally recognized musicians and representation of real stories of violence Ordinary/Extraordinary against women. singers Greg Artzer and Terri Leonie will The “Take Back the Night” Rally A multimedia program titled “Ordi- make a presentation titled “Magpie: nary People Can Do Extraordinary Music and the Movement” on March 27 will take place on Monday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m. The rally will start in the Upper Things” will be held Feb. 13 from 7 p.m. from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. and 12:30 Quad and march to the Osborne Newman to 9 p.m. and Feb. 14 from 9: a.m. to p.m. to 1:45 p.m. and March 28 from Center. Open-mic performances and 10:45 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the ACM refreshments will follow the march. in the ACM Theatre. The program will Theatre. Their presentation will demon- Tickets to FSU’s performance of “The focus on the music, the historical events strate traditional freedom and songs and the experiences of civil rights from the civil rights movement while Vagina Monologues” are $5 for students and $10 for non-students. Call x7462 for workers whose courage and determina- sharing about the history, role and more ticket information. To learn more tion challenged the State of Mississippi, meaning of music. about V-Day events, contact Whitney resulting in the passage of the Voter Listen to Gandhi’s Grandson Registration Act of 1965. Special guests Young, President of the Ophelia Project Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, Arun will include Dr. Frank Smith, Director of Advisory Council, at 410-703-0898 or e- Gandhi will make a presentation titled the African American Civil War Museum mail [email protected]. Continued on page 2 StateLines / 2 Continued from page 1 in ceramics at FSU. The show, which is einstitute. Participants may submit no “Lessons Learned from My Grandfather” free and open to the public, begins with more than three photographs. The on March 31 at 7:30 p.m. in Pealer a reception 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, deadline for submitting entries is April Recital Hall in the FSU Performing Acts including a gallery talk at 7:30 p.m. 11. There are three place winners for the Center. Mahatma Gandhi’s principles and Sheirer makes image collages featur- contest each year as well as an award for techniques of nonviolence were applied ing digital photographs and found “the people’s choice” that gives the to the Civil Rights Movement. objects from nature and her immediate public the opportunity to vote either in environment that are scanned, manipu- person or on the Internet for their Learn How Peace Builds Society lated, colorized and “sculpted” in Adobe favorite photograph from the 20 final- A presentation and discussion titled Photoshop. Her visual interpretation of ists. “The Role of Civil Society in Building the natural world incorporates abstrac- Contest winners were awarded more Peace” will be held on April 3 from 7:30 tion, symmetry and repetition, in which than $1,600 in cash, prizes and gift p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Allegany Arts everyday objects are elevated from their certificates last year. Council building. It will be about the original contexts. “Music is a great For additional information call Gale responsibility of citizens in a democracy inspiration, especially the old-timey Yutzy at x4369 or MaryLynn Pegg at to promote social justice and economic music of Appalachia, where I live,” she x4721 or visit the Institute’s Web site: quality and how organizations and writes in her artist statement. “I www.frostburg.edu/dept/geog/ education can play a part in strengthen- compare my layering of imagery to the einstitute. Entries can be delivered to ing peace and transforming society. The layering of rhythms in music and the either Gunter Hall 201 or Dunkle Hall presentation will be given by David J. piecing of images to the making of 307 on the FSU campus. Smith, Director of the United States quilts.” “Ink and Glaze” presents four Institute for Peace. new black-and-white series Sheirer has Theatre Film Documents Civil Rights Struggle been developing since 2006: “Hickory A documentary titled “At the River I Labyrinth,” “Potomac,” “Corollaries” and Stand” will be held April 15 from 7:30 “Ice Stories.” p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Allegany Arts Brown focused on traditional clay Council Building, April 16 from 7:30 training in England before relocating to p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Palace Theater the United States 24 years ago. She is in Frostburg and April 17 from 9:30 interested in both ceramics and a.m. to 11 a.m. at ACM’s theatre. The printmaking, and enjoys combining the documentary will focus on the eventful two using a technique of printing line months in Memphis 1968 leading up to and color onto the clay surface. Her the death of Martin Luther King Jr. and linear decoration and choice of color the connection between the struggle for reflect her observations of landscape and the different environments in which civil and economic rights.