The departments of English, Music and Performing Arts, all in Arts & Sciences, will dedicate a handful of fall activities to raising funds for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Music is suggesting a donation of $10 at the Washington University Symphony Orchestra’s Oct. 2 concert (see story, Page 6), while the PAD is suggesting a $5 donation in addition to the regular ticket price at performances of Hair Oct. 7-16 (see story, Page 4). All proceeds will be donated to the American Red Cross.
In addition, English will present a special reading by Brenda Mary Osbey, poet laureate of Louisiana, later this month (on a date to be determined.)
“New Orleans is such an important home for the arts in the United States,” said Henry I. Schvey, Ph.D., professor and chair of the PAD, who coordinated the effort with David Lawton, Ph.D., professor and chair of English, and Dolores Pesce, Ph.D., professor and chair of music.
“Anyone involved with music, literature or the arts feels that connection. We felt it was important to do something.”
In addition to the fundraisers, the PAD and the faculty of Arts & Sciences will co-sponsor a residency by theater director Alec Wild, artist-in-residence at Loyola University in New Orleans.
Wild will be on campus Nov. 14-18 and will spend the week addressing a number of different classes, including seminars on Chekhov and Shakespeare. Plans for a public talk are under way.
For more information, call 935-5858.