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SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
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Marilyn Crandell Schleg
Memorial Lecture
With
Candace Anderson Corrigan
Award-Winning Nashville Songwriter & Producer
Friday, October 26, 2001 7:30 p.m. Goodrich
Chapel
Reception to Follow
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"This work started a number of years ago with a Civil War diary of a woman
who lived in Calhoun County, not far from Albion. Reading her diary, I
imagined her life so vividly, I wrote a song using her exact words. With
the help of a number of scholars and historians, I was able to locate other
diaries and stories, which became the basis for two series for public radio, one
from the northern and one from the southern perspective. I am delighted to
be returning to my home state to perform and lecture on the lives of these
remarkable women." - Candace Corrigan |
Composed by award-winning Nashville songwriter
Candace Anderson
Corrigan, Through
a Woman's Voice is a collection of ballads based on the writings of
American women from 1779-1959. Included in this special presentation will
be musical portraits of Madelon Stockwell Turner,
the first female graduate of the University of Michigan and Albion alumna, as
well as Sojourner Truth and Anna
Howard Shaw, both women's rights activists.
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the frontier and early settlement period and the Trail of Tears, through
the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement, Through a Woman's Voice
presents American history through the voices of American women.
Performing in an 1862 costume, Ms. Corrigan will accompany herself on a
variety of instruments, including the Cherokee cane flute, guitar,
mountain dulcimer and bouzouki. She will also talk about the influences, inspirations and research that go into the creation of her
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The
Marilyn Crandell Schleg Memorial Lecture
is endowed by a gift
from the Schleg family in the name of Albion College Class of 1958 alumna, Marilyn
Crandell Schleg.
In 1998, a love for libraries prompted Marilyn to endow Albion College's Stockwell-Mudd Libraries with a College
Archivist position and a related lectureship. The Marilyn Crandell Schleg
Memorial Lectureship provides visiting archivists, preservationists, curators
and historians the opportunity to lecture on archival and library topics and
work with the Albion College community in preserving their legacy.
Marilyn Crandell Schleg was a medical librarian with two Master's degrees,
one in microbiology from the University of Wisconsin and the other from the
University of Michigan in library science. Marilyn was afflicted with
Multiple System Atrophy, a form of Parkinson's disease, for many years before her
untimely death in July of 2001.
"(My family and I) wanted to do something for Albion because Albion did
so much for me," Marilyn stated.
Candace
Anderson Corrigan
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Candace Corrigan is the executive director of Hungry Ear Productions, a 501-c-3
nonprofit organization dedicated to quality programming for public radio and
public television. Producer, composer Candace Corrigan has composed music
for dance companies, jazz ensembles, theater productions, and radio and
television programs. Her abiding interest in women's issues has led her to
write and produce award-winning programs for public radio and television.
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Through
a Woman's Voice - Winner
of Best Documentary 1998, National Communicator Awards - Radio Division
Funded by a grant in 1995 from the Tennessee Council for the Humanities, Ms. Corrigan
conceived of, designed and wrote 12 ballads based on the journals of American women, written
1779-1956. Initial funding was for the development of a theatrical performance in 1995,
and a 1996 Tennessee Arts Commission grant provided funding for college and school
performances. The program was developed for a 12-part public radio series and
broadcast
on the National Public Radio satellite in March 1998. This series has been recorded on a
double CD ROM set for school libraries. Ms. Corrigan has recently completed a 6-month tour
of the program in elementary and secondary schools (2000-01 school year) throughout the U.S.
The Perfect 36
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Winner of 2 national
broadcasting awards 1990
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Originally a special half-hour program for public radio, The Perfect 36 chronicles the last battle to win
voting rights for women in the United States. Written and performed by Ms. Corrigan and
company, the program was produced for theater in 1995, performed at Tennessee's Performing Art
Center and featured on NPR's All Things Considered. The final hour
long television version was broadcast on public television stations throughout
the United States in 1996. Ms. Corrigan wrote and produced the program
for all 3 venues.
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Sampler of Michigan Pioneer Women
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Winner of 3 national
awards
These historical ballads are based on extensive research of 12 women who lived
in Michigan from 1800 through 1920. Ms. Corrigan composed the ballads from
primary resources such as diaries, speeches, letters and stories collected in
the oral tradition. The theatrical production was later produced for a
4-part series for public radio and became a teaching resource for schools in
Michigan. Her ongoing work Sampler of American Pioneer Women is
based on American women's lives and is currently performed for schools,
colleges, historical societies and women's groups throughout the United States.
We, the People, Remember
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Winner of 2 national
educational and historical awards
Ms. Corrigan co-wrote, performed in and served as artistic director for this
multimedia theatrical performance based on nine significant civil liberty
cases. After a five-city tour, the program was filmed for Michigan Public
Broadcasting and distributed at no charge to Michigan high schools.
Yellow Ribbon Brigade
Ms. Corrigan wrote and performed an hour-long program about women activists, with special
emphasis on the Tennessee suffrage movement. It debuted at the University of Tennessee at
Knoxville in August 1995.
Talking to a Tennessee Moon
These 10 songs are based on interviews of women living in contemporary rural Tennessee.
All songs were written and performed by Ms. Corrigan in an acoustic country style. The principal
musicians include Mark O'Connor, Jerry Douglas and Edgar Meyer. Available only on compact disk.
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Running for Freedom
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Winner of a national
broadcasting award 1990
A half-hour drama produced for public radio Running for Freedom is based on
the true story of one young woman's flight from slavery in 1830.
Votes for Women
Available through the National Women's History Project, Votes for Women is an hour-long
audio cassette that gives a comprehensive overview of the American women's suffrage movement.
Ms. Corrigan produced the programs for public radio in 1991.
Romantic Jazz
A critically acclaimed collaboration with the Western Jazz Quartet, this recording and
performance was made possible by a grant from the Gilmore Emerging Artists Fund in 1990. Ms.
Corrigan wrote and produced the 10 song recording, one of which was featured on NPR's
All Things Considered.
Chautauqua
Ms. Corrigan served as artistic director, writer, composer and performer for this
production which portrayed aspects of the 19th and early 20th century Great Lakes culture.
The program toured 10 cities in 1989, and featured internationally acclaimed jazz artists,
folk musicians, dancers, historians, actors and Native American drummers. Ms. Corrigan wrote
and produced 30-second and 60-second commercials on 16mm for this production.
Eva Pandora
Written in collaboration with Cori Terry of the Wellspring Dance Collaborative and visual
artist
Via Dochs, Eva Pandora explored an artistic telling of the Pandora's box myth through
music, dance and sculpture. Under a grant from the Michigan Council for the Arts, the production
toured Michigan in 1985. Ms. Corrigan researched ancient Greek music, wrote the score and
performed in the production.
For more information, please visit
www.visioncouncil.org/bobrowe/bobcandace.htm,
or
www.mailtribune.com/archive/2000/march/031500n9.htm.
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