This talk considers inscrutable contradictions in the reception of three early twentieth-century white southern women expressly committed to preserving antebellum Black vernacular song by performing the voices of their childhood “mammies.”
A Tale of Two Symphonies: Enjoy the 2nd symphonies of two symphonic titans (who also happen to be two-thirds of the three Bs in music, Bach being the other third), coming together to celebrate the joy and optimism that characterizes both symphonies.
Blue Heron vocal ensemble performs for the music series Music in the Pavilion, which takes place in the beautiful sixth-floor Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion in Van Pelt Library.