Invite you to an Afternoon of Poetry and Music In Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month
Archivado en Actividades y Reuniones • Fecha: 02-10-2008 10:44:17Enviado por LATIN AMERICAN WRITERS INSTITUTE
EPSILON KAPPA, ST. JOHN’S CHAPTER OF SIGMA DELTA PI, THE NATIONAL HISPANIC HONOR SOCIETY,AND THE DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES Invite you to an Afternoon of Poetry and MusicIn Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month WITH A PREMIÈRE PERFORMANCEof A SONG TO SIGMA DELTA PI MUSIC BY LUIS ANTONIO MUÑOZ Classical Composer, Orchestra Conductor and Baritone from the National Choir of Spain (Lyrics by Marie-Lise Gazarian and Vanessa Montfort) In a Duo Performance with ÁNGEL RODRÍGUEZBaritone from the National Choir of Spain On Sunday, October 19, 2008 at 5:00 pm Council Hall, St. John’s University, Queens Campus (All are invited to read from their poetry) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------For further information, please call Dr. Marie-Lise Gazarian: 1(718) 990-5209or Vivian Vescovacci-Ríos: 1(718) 990-6314, St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY SPANISH HONOR SOCIETY
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
INVITE YOU TO AN AFTERNOON OF POETRY AND MUSIC ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2008 IN CELEBRATION OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
Queens, NY (October 1st, 2008) – Epsilon Kappa, the St. John’s University Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Spanish Honor Society, and the Department of Languages and Literatures will be presenting an afternoon of poetry and music on Sunday, October 19, at 5:00 pm, in Council Hall, Queens Campus. Poets and artists are invited to take part in an open reading from their works, as well as sing or play an instrument. The program, open to the public, will center around the première performance of Himno a Sigma Delta Pi, a song especially composed for our Chapter by Luis Antonio Muñoz, a classical composer, orchestra conductor and singer from the National Choir of Spain.
He will sing in a duo performance with Ángel Rodríguez, also a baritone from the National Choir of Spain. Both baritones will perform with other members of the Coro Nacional de España on October 17 and 18 at Lincoln Center. Dr. Marie-Lise Gazarian, the Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Spanish and Moderator of Epsilon Kappa as well as Vice President for the Northeast of Sigma Delta Pi, will talk about the importance of belonging to an honor society. Vanessa Montfort, the renowned Spanish novelist and co-author with Dr. Gazarian of the lyrics of Himno a Sigma Delta Pi, will explain the reason for writing such a song which unites, through the common bond of language, all people from Spanish-speaking countries. This artistic achievement is the contribution of St. John’s Chapter to Hispanic Heritage Month. For more than four decades Epsilon Kappa has brought to St. John’s University some of the most outstanding figures from the Hispanic world, including Nobel-Prize winners who have promoted the Spanish and Latin American culture. It is also responsible for literary gatherings and its literary journal, Entre Rascacielos, which serves as a forum for supporting the gift of poetry and scholarly works on a national and international basis. Media inquiries can be directed to Dominic Scianna, Director of Media Relations, at 718-990-6185 or at sciannad@stjohns.edu. or to Elizabeth Reilly, Assistant Director of Media Relations, at (718) 990-5789 or at reillye@stjohns.edu. You may also contact Dr. Marie-Lise Gazarian at (718) 990-5209 or Vivian Vescovacci at (718) 990-6314.###
