BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:26b80182-5a9d-461e-b385-ed79ab77ea46.202754@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20191025T161916Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191025T161916Z LOCATION:Ellis Hall 220 SUMMARY:2020 MSU Composition Festival Concert I DESCRIPTION:The opening concert of this year's Composition Festival featur es the world premiere performance of guest composer William Averitt's Eas ter\, 1906 performed by the MSU Chorale under the direction of Dr. Camero n LaBarr.\n\n\nEaster\, 1906 recounts the dramtic true story of the lynch ing of three innocent black men in Springfield\, Missouri\, over Easter w eekend\, 1906. Poet Robert Bode has collected together material from hist orical documents of the period and created new poems that reflect upon th is tragic event. Composer William Averitt has set these words to music fo r double choir\, spoken narration\, piano four-hands and two percussionis ts. Easter\, 1906 is intended to be a cautionary reminder of the profound evil that can arise from unchecked racism and mob rule. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p>Th e opening concert of this year's Composition Festival features the world premiere performance of guest composer <a href="http://www.williamaveritt .com/williamaveritt/Home.html">William Averitt's</a> Easter\, 1906 perfor med by the&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.missouristate.edu/music/choral.aspx " target="_blank">MSU Chorale</a> under the direction of Dr. Cameron LaBa rr.</p>\n<p>Easter\, 1906 recounts the dramtic true story of the lynching of three innocent black men in Springfield\, Missouri\, over Easter week end\, 1906. Poet Robert Bode has collected together material from histori cal documents of the period and created new poems that reflect upon this tragic event. Composer William Averitt has set these words to music for d ouble choir\, spoken narration\, piano four-hands and two percussionists. Easter\, 1906 is intended to be a cautionary reminder of the profound ev il that can arise from unchecked racism and mob rule.</p></body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200223T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200223T190000 SEQUENCE:0 URL:106625.jpg CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR