03/14/2012 UPCOMING EVENTS
Past Events
CURRICULUM VIDEOS Amazing Musicwomen
www.divajc.blip.tv Photo Gallery HERSTORY
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Since 1997, Joan Cartwright and her
Amazing Musicwomen
Ensemble have presented this historical, educational pageant to thousands of
students (Grades 3-12 + college) and adults.
AMAZING MUSICWOMEN
1997 Joan Cartwright, M.A.
Using
historical overview, songs, photographs and artwork,
this one-hour presentation chronicles the lives of women who wrote and
performed jazz music, including Gertrude Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith,
Alberta Hunter, Ethel Waters, Lil Harding Armstrong, Mary Lou Williams,
Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughn, Marian
McPartland, Dorothy Donegan, Melba Liston, Abbey Lincoln, Betty Carter,
Carmen McRae, Joanne Brackeen, Tania Maria, Toshiko Akiyoshi and others.
Concert selections include compositions of Duke Ellington, Fats Waller,
Billie Holiday, Cole Porter, Norman Mapp and Joan Cartwright. and much, much more!
Joan,
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To book this project Amazing Musicwomen contact |
Joan Cartwright, Executive Director
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