2008 Woodie Awards
Recital features women composers of 17th, 18th centuries
Robert Garner
Issue date: 4/7/08 Section: Life & Style
Women composers of the 17th and 18th centuries are the major themes for tonight's recital hosted by the music department. The department will present a student and faculty concert at 7:30 p.m. in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall.
Students of Janice Yoes will showcase a repertoire of songs written exclusively by women. Many of the songs will be accompanied by a variety of instruments ranging from piano and harp to small wind ensembles, according to the press release.
"[This recital is important because] it gives an opportunity for several students to sing with an instrumental ensemble," said Yoes, a vocal instructor and co-director of opera theatre.
Additionally, the focus of the theme is unique because "most of the students in the studio are women, and it gives them another opportunity to see how women have been in the mainstream of music making since early times," she said.
While 17th and 18th female composers wrote all of the pieces, there are also other common threads that hold the songs together through their diversity.
"There are several religious pieces and there are several arias from Operas," Yoes said.
Two of the feature Operatic arias will be "The Beheading of John the Baptist" and "Talestri, Queen of the Amazons," she said.
Some of the composers to be featured are Marianna Martines, Corona Schroeter, Maria Cosway, Barbara Strozzi, Maria Xaveria Peruchona, and many others, according to the press release.
This recital also serves the important role of honoring the work of Barbara Jackson, Professor Emerita since 1991, according the press release.
Jackson received her Ph. D in musicology from Stanford University before teaching in the Los Angeles public school district for one year. She later taught at Arkansas Technological University in Russellville for four years before coming to the UA, where she has taught for 32 years, according to the press release.
In addition to her teaching duties, Jackson used much of her passion for music to research and publish books and journals about historical composers, primarily women, according to the press release.
Students of Janice Yoes will showcase a repertoire of songs written exclusively by women. Many of the songs will be accompanied by a variety of instruments ranging from piano and harp to small wind ensembles, according to the press release.
"[This recital is important because] it gives an opportunity for several students to sing with an instrumental ensemble," said Yoes, a vocal instructor and co-director of opera theatre.
Additionally, the focus of the theme is unique because "most of the students in the studio are women, and it gives them another opportunity to see how women have been in the mainstream of music making since early times," she said.
While 17th and 18th female composers wrote all of the pieces, there are also other common threads that hold the songs together through their diversity.
"There are several religious pieces and there are several arias from Operas," Yoes said.
Two of the feature Operatic arias will be "The Beheading of John the Baptist" and "Talestri, Queen of the Amazons," she said.
Some of the composers to be featured are Marianna Martines, Corona Schroeter, Maria Cosway, Barbara Strozzi, Maria Xaveria Peruchona, and many others, according to the press release.
This recital also serves the important role of honoring the work of Barbara Jackson, Professor Emerita since 1991, according the press release.
Jackson received her Ph. D in musicology from Stanford University before teaching in the Los Angeles public school district for one year. She later taught at Arkansas Technological University in Russellville for four years before coming to the UA, where she has taught for 32 years, according to the press release.
In addition to her teaching duties, Jackson used much of her passion for music to research and publish books and journals about historical composers, primarily women, according to the press release.
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