Buffalo Celebrates Amazing Music and Art by Women this March
If you enjoy the arts, from galleries full of innovative paintings and mixed media to stellar musical performances to innovative arts technology, you will be amazed at the amazing contemporary music and arts that you will encounter this year at the Women in the Arts Festival in Buffalo, New York. From a toddler-friendly music event on March 17th in Amherst to an exciting jazz band concert March 29th and gallery showings at the Kenan Center, there is something for every age and every arts lover this year. Hosted by a variety of institutions including Canisius College and Buffalo State, and including a wide array of stunning artists and musicians including Dr. Barbara
Harbach and Caroline
Mallonee and the Ladies First Jazz Band, this year promises to top previous years in variety and arts enjoyment.
Women in the Arts Festival 2014
Friday, February
21-Friday, April 4: Art opening
and exhibit: Elizabeth Lambert Mararian, artist. Opening reception: Friday,
Feb. 28, 5-7pm, Andrew W. Bouwhuis Library, Canisius College.
Saturday, March 1: Piano recital: Jennifer Campbell, a finalist
of the 2012 Sixth New York International Piano Competition, a biennial event
presented under the auspices of The Stecher and Horowitz Foundation. 3pm,
Montante Cultural Center, Canisius College. For more information, call
716-888-2536 or visit www.canisius.edu.
Free and open to the public.
Monday, March 3: Meet-the-Faculty Recital, Canisius College
faculty members Jane Cary, piano; Karen Schmid, piano; Ellen Barnum, bassoon;
James Wright, baritone. 12noon, Montante Cultural Center. For more information,
call 716-888-2536 or visit www.canisius.edu.
Free and open to the public.
Tuesday, March 4:
Lecture: “Women’s Musical Roles in 18th-Century America,” presented
by Jane Cary, Professor of Fine Arts/Music and Director of Music at Canisius
College. A look at women composers, performers, librettists and copyists from
the North and the South. 2:30pm, Regis Room, Richard E. Winter ’42 Student
Center, Canisius College. For more information, call 716-888-2536 or visit www.canisius.edu. Free and open to the public.
Wednesday, March 5:
Lecture: “21st-Century Women Composers,” presented by Dr. Barbara
Harbach, Professor of Music at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. 12noon,
Montante Cultural Center, Canisius College. For more information, call
716-888-2536 or visit www.canisius.edu.
Free and open to the public.
Thursday, March 6: Coffee House, featuring faculty and student
lectures, performances and Richard Reitsman, PhD, Assistant Professor of
Spanish and Latin American Studies, reading from Rita Mae Brown’s Rubyfruit Jungle and an excerpt from
Gloria Anzaldua on Latina lesbians; Cantio Sacra, under the direction of
Bradley Wingert, performing choral works by women composers; Sabrina Pena
Young, composer, presenting segments from her virtual opera Libertaria; Tom Colgan, SJ, speaking on
“Spirituality as the Art of Living Out One’s Experience of the Mystery of Love;”
and vocal music by Canisius College voice students. This event is an open house, so come for as long or as little as
you want. Light refreshments will be served. 12noon-4pm, in the Montante
Cultural Center Balcony Reception Room, Canisius College. For more information,
call 716-888-2536 or visit www.canisius.edu.
Free and open to the public.
Friday, March 7: Organ lecture/recital: “Historical Women
Composers for the Organ,” presented by Dr. Barbara Harbach, Professor of Music
at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Presented by the Buffalo Alumnae
Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota Women’s Music Fraternity. 7pm, Kenmore United
Methodist Church, 32 Landers Road, Kenmore. $10 suggested donation. For more
information, contact Carole Harris, Women in the Arts Festival Coordinator,
716-298-1310 or ccjjharris@roadrunner.com.
Friday, March 7: Lecture: “Why Pop Culture Matters to
Feminism, Activism and Social Justice,” presented by Andi Zeisler, co-founder
and editor of BITCH magazine. The lecture offers an overview of media and pop
culture as a focus to feminist activism. Presented by the Canisius College
Women & Gender Studies Program, which is celebrating its 25th
anniversary. 7pm, Montante Cultural Center, Canisius College. For more
information, contact Tanya Loughead, Department of Philosophy, at Tanya.loughead@canisius.edu. Free
and open to the public.
Sunday, March 9: “Tea & Tour in the Gallery”: Tour of the
Greenan@Kenan exhibit by artist Amy Greenan (see Sunday, Feb. 26-Sunday, March
30 event listed above for exhibit details). The tour will be preceded by light
luncheon fare, assorted sweets and teas. Cost: $20 per person; advance
reservations required by calling the Kenan Center House Gallery, 433 Locust
St., Lockport, at 433-2617. For more information visit www.kenancenter.org.
Tuesday, March 11: Concert: Buffalo Chamber Players. Included
are compositions by composers Lili Boulanger and Buffalo composer Caroline
Mallonee. 7:30pm, Ciminelli Recital Hall, in Rockwell Hall on the Buffalo State
College campus. Tickets are $10 and are on sale at the Rockwell Hall Box Office
(716-878-3005) or online. Free student admission tickets are available in
person at the box office with valid student ID. The box office is open
Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm, and one hour prior to concert time.
Sunday, March 16: Recital: Karen Schmid, pianist; Linda Mabry,
pianist; Musical Delights piano quartet (Linda Mabry, piano; Rebecca Torres,
violin; Leslie Bahler, viola; Christine Treimanis, cello). Program will feature
works by women composers Fanny Mendelssohn, Joan Tower, Germaine Tailleferre,
Agathe Backer-Grǿndahl, Dora Pejačević. 3pm, Church of the Nativity UCC, 1530
Colvin Blvd., Buffalo (Town of Tonawanda). For more information, contact the
church at 716-875-3365 or Carole Harris, 298-1310 or ccjjharris@roadrunner.com. $10
suggested donation. Also on exhibit in the Gathering Space/Narthex of Nativity
UCC are watercolor paintings by the women in the church’s Watercolor and
Spirituality class, led by WNY watercolorist Marj Donovan.
Monday,
March 17: Event: “Classical Music
for Kids,” presented by local composer Sabrina Peña Young. A fun, free arts
event for children and their families. Includes story time, learning about
women in music, making instruments, an instrument zoo and more. 10am-12noon,
Restoration Church, 504 Frankhauser Road, Amherst, NY 14221. For more
information, call 716-541-0794 or contact the church at info@restorationbuffalo.com.
Friday,
March 21: Screening: “Libertaria:
The Virtual Opera,” by Sabrina Peña Young, award-winning composer and media
artist. Music critic Greg Stepanich (Palm Beach Arts Paper), says of the opera
“It was a heroic effort, and the level of singing in the animated opera was
very high…It sounds like a graphic novel, and looks like one. As a story, it is
very much in line with the good vs. evil sci-fi tradition, with the added bonus
of a plucky female heroine.” 11am-noon, Buffalo State College, location TBA.
Free and open to the public.
Saturday,
March 29: Show at the Tralf: Ladies
First Jazz Big Band, the award-winning all-women’s group. Show is dedicated to
Dolly Winden. Jennie Jones, director; Jennifer May, manager. $15 pre-sale; $20
day of show. For more information, visit www.ladiesfirstjazz.com.
For further
information on all events:
Contact: Dr. Carole Harris, WNY Women in the Arts Festival
716-298-1310; 716-957-7927
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