The struggle of American women for the right to vote is dramatized in an inspiring program featuring a multimedia performance of Andrea Ramsey’s Suffrage Cantata in the University of West Florida Center for Fine and Performing Arts.

In addition to the cantata, we’ll further explore the concert themes through seven short pieces:

-- “Homeland” by Gustav Holst and Randall Stroope
-- “Old Grandma,” a Canadian folk song arranged by Alice Parker
-- “Half the World” by Dale Trumbore (text by Frederick Douglass)
-- “Resilience” by Abbie Betinis
-- “When the Time Comes” by Melissa Dunphy (text by Ruth Bader Ginsburg)
-- “I Am Possibility” by David Von Kampen (text by Becky Boesen)
-- “Still I Rise” by Rosephanye Powell (with inserted text by Maya Angelou)

Artistic director Peter Steenblik will lead the Society’s ninety-voice chorus along with the University of West Florida (UWF) Concert Choir; narrating actors Marci Duncan, Rachel Gibson, and Sara Schoch from UWF’s theatre faculty; and an instrumental ensemble comprising the Capstone String Quartet from the University of Alabama, pianist Isabelle Areola, timpanist Jordan Wood, and percussionist Zach Webb. The lighting designer is Connie Smith of the UWF Theatre Department, and the projection designer is Brian Gaukel for National Concerts.

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