Queens Unseen: Royals Without Crowns, A Musical Exploration of Women's Voting Rights in Our Democracy
Description
In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment that gave U.S. women the right to vote, Johns Hopkins University has partnered with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's OrchKids Program to explore and raise awareness about this momentous occasion.
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's OrchKids Program embarked on a fact-finding and inspiration-seeking journey guided through the writings of Martha Jones and Elaine Weiss to discover the intricate and contentious element of racism throughout the suffrage movement.
OrchKids students created a composition centered around three distinct themes of the suffrage movement: representation, voting, and the future of democracy. While OrchKids composed, a group of film students from Johns Hopkins University gathered imagery to set to the composition creating a special audio/visual presentation that will inform and at times challenge our understanding of the history of the 19th Amendment and its effect on female empowerment today.
Who can attend?
- General public
- Faculty
- Staff
- Students
