Music at Haverford

Music at Haverford

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The Department of Music at Haverford offers a creative approach to music theory and a curriculum in music history that deals with music in the social context and embraces world music and jazz. Additionally, the department's applied music program and ensembles provide students with opportunities for performances and tours.

The Haverford-Bryn Mawr College Orchestra, conducted by Heidi Jacob, performed their Fall Concert in Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium. Photo: Zhongyi Xu'22.

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Previous Monday, December 3, 2018

Map showing locations of lynchings in America

Exhibit

The Legacy of Lynching: Confronting Racial Terror in America

Through December 16, 2018
Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery

The Legacy of Lynching: Confronting Racial Terror in America seeks to spark conversation about the legacy of racial injustice in America today. Coordinated in collaboration with the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) and the Brooklyn Museum with support from Google, this exhibition presents EJI’s groundbreaking research into the history of lynchings and connects it to digital media, documentary film, contemporary artworks, and archival materials. Details »

Image courtesy lynchinginamerica.eji.org.

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Next Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Illustration of Song Jiangming and a poster featuring Robin Hood

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COOL CLASSES: "Warriors and Outlaws in China and England"

“Warriors and Outlaws in China and England”

In this East Asian Languages and Cultures course taught by Professor Paul Smith, students read and compare the two most iconic outlaw epics of England and China: Water Margin, about Song Jiang’s band of brothers in Shandong Province, and the many ballads about Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest.

Our Cool Classes blog series highlights interesting, unusual, and unique courses that enrich the Haverford College experience.

See what other courses the Bi-Co Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures is offering this semester. Image: Song Jiangming from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Shuihuzhuan and a Robin Hood theater poster c. 1895.

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