MEREDITH TO HOST WOMEN COMPOSERS FESTIVAL

eredith College will host a Women Composers Festival, featuring a residency by world-renowned composer Libby Larsen, on March 5-8 as part of the Year of Music series.

Female composition students from 10 colleges and universities will join Meredith’s own composition students for opportunities to hear each other’s music in both concert and master class settings. Highlights include a faculty concert featuring Libby Larsen’s compositions on Tuesday, March 5 at 8 p.m. in Jones Auditorium, and two concerts of student compositions on Wednesday, March 6 and Thursday, March 7 at 8 p.m. in Carswell Concert Hall.

Libby Larsen has more than 200 works in her catalogue of compositions and has worked with practically every medium and genre available to the modern composer. Her works range from very advanced works for orchestra, chorus and chamber ensemble to children’s operas and choral works. American themes are especially prominent in her work but the spirit of her music is universal.

For more information on the Women Composers Festival and Libby Larsen Residency, call ext. 8536.

COMBINED MEREDITH FUND TAKES ON NEW EMPHASIS
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donated to the Meredith Fund this year, but even without these two gifts, we are $33,000 ahead of where we were last year. The success of the Meredith Fund can be attributed to several factors including a very successful student-staffed fall phonathon that raised over $86,000 in pledges and a successful fall solicitation campaign. These efforts will continue in the spring, which should result in a record year for the annual fund in spite of the lagging economy and other global concerns.

The Meredith Fund represents an annual commitment to the College. We encourage alumnae, faculty, staff, friends and parents to contribute to the Meredith Fund in addition to specific programs and scholarships. The Meredith Fund is the lifeblood that sustains the College and provides the flexible pool of monies required to address the most pressing and significant areas of need. Thank you for your continued support.

Meredith College service project has gained the attention of local media, resulting in increased support of the effort.

The Cinderella Project is an effort to collect donated evening gowns to help make it possible for any young woman who wants to attend her high school prom to do so. Organizers plan to invite young women who attend Wake County high schools to campus to choose their dresses in early March.

The project, in its first year at Meredith, was covered by the News & Observer’s style reporter and WLFL (WB-22) featured the story in an extended segment on its 10 p.m. newscast. Diane Ellis, one of the faculty sponsors of the project, was interviewed on the STAR 102.9 radio morning show.

Dresses have been collected since November and the increased publicity has resulted in big gains for the project. According to Ellis, the Henderson, N.C.-based Vance Brides and Formals pledged to donate 100 new dresses to help give Wake County girls a Cinderella experience.

The Meredith Fashion Association and the Student Dietetic Association sponsor the Cinderella Project, inspired by a similar effort in Atlanta, GA.

Other projects related to Meredith’s Service Learning Initiative that have received recent media attention include:

• Allison Shivar, ’02, and Amanda Warren, ’02, were the subjects of a Smithfield Herald article focusing on the students’ work with the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Eastern North Carolina.

• Meghan Griffith, ’04, was featured in the Roxboro Courier Times for her on-campus volunteer efforts following the World Trade Center attacks. Griffith was also featured in a News & Observer story highlighting Griffith and two other Triangle residents who volunteer throughout the year.

• Dr. Maureen Hartford and Meredith’s Literacy Initiative were the subjects of the lead stories in the January 2002 edition of Between the Lines, the national newsletter for Motheread, a national literacy organization based in Raleigh, N.C.

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