2007-2008 Schedule
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Mamadou Diabate Mamadou Diabat is an internationally acclaimed master of the kora, a 21-string harp-lute played in the West African countries of Gambia, Senegal and Mali. Mamadou is a member of a Mandinka jeli (musician caste) family that traces its musical heritage back 7 centuries. Originally from Kita, Mali, Mamadou now resides in the United States where he performs solo and with his own ensembles. Although rooted in the traditions of the Manding kora and his griot heritage, Mamadou has played with jazz and other contemporary artists, including world-music superstar Angelique Kidjo and jamband favorite Donna the Buffalo. In 2006, he was named 'World Music Artist Of The Year' by the American Folk Alliance. Mamadou has released several recordings, including 'Behmanka' which received a Grammy nomination. He is one of a handful of musicians who are keeping alive the kora tradition. |
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Jeff Corwin Emmy winner Jeff Corwin has been working for the conservation of endangered species and ecosystems around the world since he was a teenager. He is perhaps best known as the host of The Jeff Corwin Experience on the cable channel Animal Planet. Jeff has been a strong and vocal advocate for ecosystem protection, addressing a 1993 session of the United Nations General Assembly on the need to conserve neotropical rain forests. Jeff has been collaborating on the production of an upcoming CNN documentary exploring threats facing our planet. This show will air on CNN as well as the Discovery channel in October. Corwin will talk about species loss, human overpopulation, deforestation and global warming, and the implications of those factors for the future of the earth. This lecture is co-sponsored by the Campus Activities Board. |
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Gloria Steinem Gloria Steinem, writer, activist, and architect of the women's movement, began her investigative work as a journalist when she took a job for three weeks as a Playboy bunny and wrote an expose of the women's working conditions. Soon after, she helped establish the Women's Action Alliance, and in 1972 founded and became the first editor of Ms. magazine. For almost forty years, Steinem has been one of the country's most committed advocates for equality and social justice. An astute observer of American culture, she said, 'The first resistance to social change is to say it's not necessary.' Steinem's eloquence and compassion reverberate through all her writing and speaking.
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Cantus Cantus was founded in the fall of 1995 when a few college friends gathered on the campus of St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. Since then, Cantus has created a programming style that is unlike any other ensemble performing today. The group's repertoire spans many periods and genres, including Gregorian chant, Renaissance motets, contemporary works, art songs, folk music, spirituals, and pop. By combining poetry, song, and theatre, Cantus has changed the face of American vocal music and blurred the division among chamber music, choral music, art and entertainment. International Record Review says: 'What [Cantus does] is enchanting. The singers - solo quality all - produce a wonderfully warm, gutsy and masculine sound as well as a kind of smooth delivery, overt emotionality, and uncanny sense of ensemble. (They have) a certain gusto - a sense of boundless joy in music making.' |
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