Thursday, March 8, 2012

Free Theatre Performance at Widener Celebrating African American Women


Core Ensemble to Perform Chamber Music Theatre Piece at Widener Celebrating African American Women

CHESTER, Pa. In celebration of Women’s History Month, Widener University invites the public to a free performance by Core Ensemble of the chamber music theatre work Ain’t I a Woman! The performance will take place Tuesday, March 20 at 5 p.m. on Widener’s Main Campus in Chester in the Alumni Auditorium. 

Chamber music theatre is a unique performance format developed by the Core Ensemble featuring a marriage of theatrical narrative to chamber music performance. In Ain’t I a Woman! the main actress portrays multiple characters while interacting with the onstage musical trio of cello, piano and percussion.

Ain’t I a Woman! celebrates the life and times of four powerful African American women: renowned novelist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, ex-slave and fiery abolitionist Sojourner Truth, exuberant folk artist Clementine Hunter and fervent civil rights worker Fannie Lou Hammer. The musical score is drawn from the heartfelt spirituals and blues of the Deep South, the urban vitality of the Jazz Age and contemporary concert music by African Americans. Ain’t I a Woman! is a joyful exploration of the trials and triumphs of four passionate and accomplished women.

Core Ensemble
Since 1993, the Core Ensemble has toured in every region of the United States and internationally to Australia, England, Ukraine and the British Virgin Islands. The Core Ensemble has received support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the state of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Palm Beach County Cultural Council and the Aaron Copland Fund for Music.

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