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Department of Music ensembles to perform in December
two people playing stringed instruments, a violin and a cello

(Image: Courtesy of the Penn Department of Music) 

Department of Music ensembles to perform in December

Hundreds of undergraduate students will perform in orchestral and choral concerts in December as part of Department of Music ensembles.

Louisa Shepard

Equity in Action Visiting Scholars program launches
"The Art of Song and Protest" event.

Ruth Naomi Floyd, one of two Equity in Action Visiting Scholars this year, leads a panel discussion with Jillian Patricia Pirtle, Lynne Farrington, and Jay Fluellen in the first of four events about the great contralto Marian Anderson.

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Equity in Action Visiting Scholars program launches

The Office of Social Equity & Community welcomes Ruth Naomi Floyd and Shane Claiborne who will engage in research and each hold four events this academic year.
‘Be Holding’: A collaboration that feels improvisational
be holding wide stage view

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‘Be Holding’: A collaboration that feels improvisational

A three-year partnership among Penn faculty, a poet, a quartet, and a high school results in an original production that premiered in Philadelphia this year.

Louisa Shepard

The female rappers we can’t get enough of

The female rappers we can’t get enough of

Jasmine Henry of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the success of Sugar Hill Records and “Rapper’s Delight,” both created by entrepreneur Sylvia Robinson, significantly contributed to mainstream acceptance of hip-hop.

Operatic notes: One student’s research on opera in society
Thomas Sharrock standing on the steps outside a building

Sharrock asked patrons to complete the research survey two hours before each of the seven opera performances, and during the intermission.

(Image: Shea Roggio) 

Operatic notes: One student’s research on opera in society

Rising second-year Thomas Sharrock attended seven operas this summer at the Royal Opera House in London, studying audience perceptions of opera in the United Kingdom.

Louisa Shepard