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CAMPUS NEWS March 2j, 2005 2 Meredith Chorale performance a success photo courtesy of Lisa Fredenburgh Meredith Chorale members pose together before their concert Tuesday. JENNA CHAMBERS Staff Writer The Meredith Chorale, an auditioned ensemble of approximately 30-35 out standing women, had their annual spring concert Tues day March 15. Embarking upon a spring tour each year, the chorale, is called upon to sing at various off-campus events as well as on-cam- pus concerts, convocations, and Chapel services. Mer edith’s premiere, perform ing ensemble,is conducted by Dr. Lisa Fredenburgh, director of choral activities. This spring semester, the group was honored to have composer Dr. Gwyneth Walk er as the guest director of six of her own works. Walker is a graduate of Brown Uni versity and the Hart School of music. She holds a B.A., M.M., and D.M.A, Degrees in Music Composition. A former faculty member of the Oberlin College Con servatory, Walker resigned from academic employment in 1982 in order to pursue a career as a full-time compos er. She now lives on a dairy farm in Vermont. Walker’s catalogue of music includes 130 commissioned works for orchestra, band, chorus and chamber ensembles. The music of Gwyneth Walker is published by E.C. Shirmer of Boston (choral/vocal music) and MMB Music of St. Louis (orchestral/instrumental mu sic). Dr. Walker also received the “Lifetime Achieve ment Award” in 2000 firom the Vermont Arts Council. Dr. Walker came to Mer edith to premiere her Songs for Women’s Voices, a six movement piece of work featuring poems of inspira tion. Combining the mu sic from members of the Raleigh Orchestra and the voices of Meredith Col lege’s Chorale, Dr. Walker was proud to hear Songs for Women’s Voices premiered at the concert. She told Dr. soxmded beautiful along with the orchestra. Audi ence members were also im pressed by the sounds of the orchestra and choir together, “The orchestra with the choir was beautifiil. It was unex- to a piano accompany a choir when 1 go to a concert,” said one audience member. Chorale will be taking Walker’s series of songs over to the NCSU campus to join more women in a con- music on Tuesday March 22. Fredinburgh that the ‘Choir pected. I’m used to listening ccrt dedicated to women’s and Career panel helps students understand flexibility and a balanced life Balancing Family SYDNEY SIMPSON Staff Writer Meredith students leamed last Wednesday that it is pos sible to balance a success ful career and family. The Dialogue Series presented the panel discussion “Pos sibilities: Career, Family, Balance,” which was spon sored by the Office of Stu dent Activities and Leader ship Development and the Career Center. The panel featured four women who each found a different way to balance a career and family. Amy Losordo of the Career Center said she got th^ idea to have the panel because of student concerns in her Ca reer Planning Seminar. She said students would limit the careers they were thinking about choosing because they wanted to raise a family too. These are legitimate con- cems that many women have. According a recent News week article on this issue, 70 percent of American mothers feel that motherhood is very stressful in today’s time, and 30 percent of mothers with young children are de pressed. Losorodo said bal ancing career and family is a top concern among students today. She wanted to students to know they have options. The panel featured Becky Ogbum of the News & Ob server Publishing Company, Beth Ann Gargan of McK- eeman Communications Group, Mary Nash Rusher of the law firm Hunton &Wil- liams, and Dr. Rosalind RiechardofMeredithCollege. Becky Ogbum has worked for the News & Observer’s research department for 10 years. She has one 4 year old daughter. She said that daycare is so expensive that she carmot afford to put her daughter in there all week. She said her and another col league put in a proposal for a job share, in which one per son works for one-half of the week and the other works the second half, but they get paid like they are one per son working full-time. She said she works from 9-5 on Wednesday through Friday, and that her job can be very flexible. She said she likes to spend time at home with her daughter, but that she enjoys her time in the office too. Beth Ann Gargan is a pub lic relations consultant for McKeeman Communica tions Group. She has three children and works part-time from her home. She does most of her work through telecommuting, and says that even though her sched ule is busy, it is much easier to work from home because of better technology. She said it is very challenging to find a professional job on a part-time basis, “but I know they’re put there; compa nies are more flexible.” Mary Nash Rusher is a part ner in the law firm Hunton &Williams. She has been there about 20 years and has three kids. She said she had to work full-time because her husband decided to go to medical school later in life. She continued to work full time until her husband be came a doctor, the she went part-time. She said promo tions in her job made her go back to full-time. She said that she has to schedule time to be with her family. “I hope we have gotten past the ex pectation of being perfect,” she said. “You don’t have to be perfect all the time.” Dr. Rosalind Reichard has been at Meredith for five years; she is the Vice Presi dent of Academic Affairs. She said she always knew she wanted to have kids and that she wanted to stay home with them. She was a traditional stay-at-home mom for 10 years before she went back to work. She said that her husband has a Job at UNC-Greensboro, so for the past four and a half years she has had an apart ment in Raleigh and a house in Greensboro. She said that students must remem ber that it’s “important to find what’s right for you.” The second part of the Dialogue Series will fea ture a panel of stay-at-home dads who will discuss how their spouses’ share their lifestyles and how they manage career and fam ily. It will be held Wednes day, April 6, from 6 - 7:30 p.m. in Kresge Auditorium. Losordo said anyone in terested in taking the Career Planning Seminar should sign up when registering for classes. Freshmen and Sophomores should sign up for CPS 101 A, and Ju niors and Seniors should sigii. up for CPS 301 A.
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