Return to Previous Press Release
Enter your name and a friend's email address in the fields below and click "Submit" to email this Press Release to a friend.
Your message will look like this:
[YOUR NAME HERE] thought you might be interested in this story from the University of Rochester.
MEDIA CONTACT: Frederick Douglass Institute (585) 275-7235 or Sharon Dickman 585.275.4128
March 15, 2005
TIME, DATE, AND PLACE: 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, in room 314 of Morey Hall on the University of Rochester’s River Campus
ADMISSION: Free and open to the public
A Work in Progress seminar on choral dance songs from Galeshewe, South Africa, will be discussed by Kathy Robinson, assistant professor of music education at the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester, at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, on the University’s River Campus. The program is free and open to the public, and sponsored by the Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies at the University.
Robinson, a member of the Eastman faculty since 1999, will speak in room 314 of Morey Hall. Her presentation is titled “To Know the Music is to Know the People: Choral Dance Songs from Galeshewe, South Africa.” Her teaching specialties include multicultural music education, elementary general music, and world music.
She earned her doctorate in music education at the University of Michigan, and since 1997 has been co-director of Umculo!: The Kimberley Project, a music teaching/learning program in Kimberley, South Africa. Robinson has written about and been a consultant for several world music projects.
For more information, contact the Frederick Douglass Institute at (585) 275-7235.
The University of Rochester (www.rochester.edu) is one of the nation's leading private universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering is complemented by the Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and the Memorial Art Gallery.
PR 2067, MS 505