The Restoration singer-actresses Nell Gwyn and Mary “Moll” Davis rose to fame during a period of sweeping social, legal, and scientific change on issues that directly impacted gender roles in all levels of English society.
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EARLY MUSIC SEATTLE: REFLECTING A JUST FUTURE The actor Liam Cunningham said, “The best kind of art or writing holds a mirror up to society.” For over 40 years Early Music Seattle has reflected the stories of the great music of the past, but mostly as seen through the eyes of White Europe and America. In
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“As long as I can remember, inclusion has been an important focus, but it’s come much more to the fore recently,” says cellist Kenneth Slowik, director of both the Smithsonian Haydn Academy and the Oberlin Conservatory’s Baroque Performance Institute.
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Our world has been rocked by unrest and violence even as it is still profoundly disrupted by the global health crisis. And many of those hit the hardest by COVID-19 are people of color, particularly African Americans – the very same people in communities already burdened by a history of prejudice, poverty, and especially racism. We hear the call.
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by Gus Denhard (originally posted at earlymusicseattle.org) Recently, people of Asian descent have been the victims of racist attacks, unfairly scapegoated for spread of Covid-19. Early Music Seattle stands with Asian Americans. We take this moment to celebrate the Asian musicians that devote their lives to studying, promoting, and preserving the ancient music of Asia.
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