Uncategorized | April 19, 2007
Rodney Garnett, professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Music, will present “World Musical Communities” as the featured speaker for the 2007 President’s Speaker Series. Garnett’s free public presentation begins at 4:10 p.m. Tuesday, April 24,in the College of Agriculture auditorium. A reception will follow in the College of Arts and Sciences lobby. He will give the same presentation in Casper Friday, April 26, at 7 p.m. in Room 150 of the UW Outreach Center, 951 N. Poplar.
Garnett, a 2003 Governor’s Arts Award Recipient, details in his presentation, three world music communities flourishing in the UW Department of Music–rich traditions of the Peruvian altiplano, the Celtic regions of Western Europe and Eastern Canada, and the island of Bali, Indonesia. Garnett will present musical examples from each of the three traditions.
The Wyoming Arts Council believes that experiencing the arts should be accessible for all, including people with mental and/or physical disabilities, older adults, military/veterans, people living in institutions and those who lack access to the arts due to geographic isolation, cultural difference and economic hardship.
