BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20040404T100000 RDATE:20040404T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20041031T090000 RDATE:20041031T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20041003 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20041004 LOCATION:Evans Music Auditorium SUMMARY:Oregon Repertory Singers with Ysaye Barnwell DESCRIPTION:Oregon Repertory Singers with Ysaye Barnwell October 3\, 2 p .m. and 7:30 p.m.\, First United Methodist Church Limited complimentary tickets available to L&\;C community at Bookstore. Dr. Ysaye M. Barnw ell is a native of New York\, now living in Washington\, DC where since 1 979\, she has performed with the internationally acclaimed a cappella qui ntet\, SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK. She is a vocalist with a range of over th ree octaves and appears on more than twenty-five recordings with Sweet Ho ney as well as other artists. In her first year with Sweet Honey\, she pr ovided leadership in making the group's concerts accessible to the Deaf a nd hard-of-hearing through Sign Language interpretation. The daughter of a violinist\, Dr. Barnwell began her 15 year study of the violin with he r father at the age of 2 ½. She holds the Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Speech Pathology (1967\, 1968 SUNY\, Geneseo)\, the Doctor of Philosophy in cranio-Facial Studies (1975 Univ. of Pittsburgh) and the M aster of Science in Public Health (1981 Howard University\, Washington\, DC) and the (Honorary) Doctor of Humane Letters (1998 SUNY\, Geneseo). Sh e has been a professor at the College of Dentistry at Howard University\, and in addition to conducting community based projects in computer techn ology and in the arts\, she has administered and implemented health progr ams at Children's Hospital National Medical Center and at Gallaudet Unive rsity in Washington\, DC. After coming to Washington\, DC\, Dr. Barnwell founded and for three years directed the All Souls Jubilee Singers where she began composing and arranging music for vocal ensembles. Barnwell co mposed and arranged music on more than 14 recordings on labels including Flying Fish\, EarthBeat!/Warner\, Music For Little People and Rykodisc/Pa lm Pictures\, Sony Classical. She has worked as a commissioned composer o n numerous and varied projects including Sesame Street\, Dance Alloy of P ittsburgh\, David Rousseve's Reality Dance Company\, Liz Lerman Dance Exc hange\, Women's Philharmonic of San Francisco\, Redwood Cultural Work\, T he New Spirituals Project \, The Steel Festival of Bethlehem\, PA\, The P lymouth Music Series and numerous choirs - all outgrowths of her combined understanding of creative arts inextricably bound to society. For twenty years now\, Barnwell has conducted THE WORKSHOP: Building a Vocal Commun ity - Singing In the African American Tradition where throughout the Unit ed States\, Canada\, Great Britain and Australia she has utilized African and African American history\, values\, cultural and vocal traditions to worked with singers and non-singers alike. Barnwell is an actress whose credits include voice-overs\, documentary film narration\, a principle r ole in an episode of the TV show 'A Man Called Hawk'\, and an appearance in the film BELOVED directed by Jonathan Demme. Professional association memberships include\, NARAS (National Association of Recording Arts and S ciences)\, SAG (Screen Actors Guild)\, AFTRA (American Federation of Tele vision and Radio Artists)\, Local 1000 of the North American Traveling Mu sicians Union. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Oregon Repertory Singers with Ysaye Bar
nwell
October 3\, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.\, First United Methodist Ch
urch
Limited complimentary tickets available to L&\;C community
at Bookstore.
Dr. Ysaye M. Barnwell is a native of New York
\, now living in Washington\, DC where since 1979\, she has performed wit
h the internationally acclaimed a cappella quintet\, SWEET HONEY IN THE R
OCK. She is a vocalist with a range of over three octaves and appears on
more than twenty-five recordings with Sweet Honey as well as other artist
s. In her first year with Sweet Honey\, she provided leadership in making
the group's concerts accessible to the Deaf and hard-of-hearing through
Sign Language interpretation.
The daughter of a violinist\,
Dr. Barnwell began her 15 year study of the violin with her father at the
age of 2 ½. She holds the Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Spe
ech Pathology (1967\, 1968 SUNY\, Geneseo)\, the Doctor of Philosophy in
cranio-Facial Studies (1975 Univ. of Pittsburgh) and the Master of Scienc
e in Public Health (1981 Howard University\, Washington\, DC) and the (Ho
norary) Doctor of Humane Letters (1998 SUNY\, Geneseo). She has been a pr
ofessor at the College of Dentistry at Howard University\, and in additio
n to conducting community based projects in computer technology and in th
e arts\, she has administered and implemented health programs at Children
's Hospital National Medical Center and at Gallaudet University in Washin
gton\, DC.
After coming to Washington\, DC\, Dr. Barnwell fo
unded and for three years directed the All Souls Jubilee Singers where sh
e began composing and arranging music for vocal ensembles. Barnwell compo
sed and arranged music on more than 14 recordings on labels including Fly
ing Fish\, EarthBeat!/Warner\, Music For Little People and Rykodisc/Palm
Pictures\, Sony Classical. She has worked as a commissioned composer on n
umerous and varied projects including Sesame Street\, Dance Alloy of Pitt
sburgh\, David Rousseve's Reality Dance Company\, Liz Lerman Dance Exchan
ge\, Women's Philharmonic of San Francisco\, Redwood Cultural Work\, The
New Spirituals Project \, The Steel Festival of Bethlehem\, PA\, The Plym
outh Music Series and numerous choirs - all outgrowths of her combined un
derstanding of creative arts inextricably bound to society. For twenty ye
ars now\, Barnwell has conducted THE WORKSHOP: Building a Vocal Community
- Singing In the African American Tradition where throughout the United
States\, Canada\, Great Britain and Australia she has utilized African an
d African American history\, values\, cultural and vocal traditions to wo
rked with singers and non-singers alike.
Barnwell is an actr
ess whose credits include voice-overs\, documentary film narration\, a pr
inciple role in an episode of the TV show 'A Man Called Hawk'\, and an ap
pearance in the film BELOVED directed by Jonathan Demme. Professional ass
ociation memberships include\, NARAS (National Association of Recording A
rts and Sciences)\, SAG (Screen Actors Guild)\, AFTRA (American Federatio
n of Television and Radio Artists)\, Local 1000 of the North American Tra
veling Musicians Union.