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'• rfagp * 3 ■ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1991 4 -- /way r-reoerick/un Susan Wilson, cellist for the Aidan String Quartet, is pursing a master’s degree in cello performance. See story on page 9. Music committee airs women’s perspectives By Cinnamon Dokken Staff Reporter Women’s Words and Music, a University Program Council com mittee, serves as an avenue for women’s contributions and per spectives to be aired, the commit tee’s chairperson said. “Women make up 51 percent of the population, but at the Univer sity of Nebraska-Lincoln, only 16 percent of the faculty members are women,’’ Tina Pilonetti said. "Women’s Words and Music serves to represent women whose voices go unheard.” The committee is made up of a few “hardworking individuals who really care about what they are doing,” member Robyn Larsen said. “Performers want to come to Lin coln, and they have an audience. W hat we try to do is provide them with a stage." Much work goes into prepanng for an event, Larsen said. Among other duties, committee members decide the date, time and place of the event, handle con tracts and publicity and bring in and set up lighting and sound equipment. Variety and diversity are priori ties for the committee, which brings a wide range of women poets, mu sicians and speakers to campus. # In the past, Women’s Words and Music has presented performers such as Phranc, a well-known Jewish, lesbian folk singer. Last March, the committee brought in Dance Bri gade, a modern dance troupe based Oakland, Calif. From Harlem came Hattie Gos sett, an African-American poet. Nationally known speaker Andrea Parrot traveled from New York to speak to UNL students about ac quaintance rape. Last fall, the committee hosted Altazor, a quartet formed by four women of diverse backgrounds who found common ground in Latin American New Song. More recently, Women’s Words and Music organized a concert by The Washington Sisters with Melanie Monsur and Edie Herrold. The African-American duo sang jazz, blues, a cappella, gospel and reg gae. The concert site, The Com monplace, was packed with an audience of more than 100 people. Committee members said tney hope this enthusiasm will carry through the semester. At 8 p.m. on Nov. 16, bell hooks will present a free speech on “Gen der, Race and Representation’’ in the Centennial Room of the Ne braska Union. A professor of Eng lish and women’s studies at Ober lin College, hooks is the author of several doors including Ain i i Woman: Black Women and Femi nism." Women’s Words and Music also will co-sponsor a talk by Linda Coombs and Ramona Peters this semester. The two Wampanoag women will speak about “What Thanksgiving Means to Native Americans” at 7 p.m. on Nov. 21 at the Culture Center. Cindy Douglas, assistant’to the coordinator of the Women’s Re source Center, said Women's Words and Music functions closely in conjunction with the center but is recognized as a separate entity and funded by UPC. The committee meets at 12:30 p.m. Thursdays in room 117 of the Nebraska Union. Anyone interested is welcome to attend — even men, Pilonetti said. “We are seeking to empower women, not alienate men.” -—-J... ■g is tru her, and way 35 Of they — Plato THIS WEEK: Making Music HI: Women’s Words and Music Page 5 Women’s Words and Music Committee Page 6 Linden Looks at the Lab i Wimmin’s I Radio Page 8 Arbor Moon Bookstore Page 9 Aidan String Quartet Page 11 Abridged Jim Page 12 Upcoming Events NEXT WEEK: Theater
