The Sulgrave Symposium was held at GW and the Mount Vernon Estate to celebrate two hundred years of friendship and peace between the United States and Great Britain. The conference came 200 years after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent.
GW Music Prof. Karen Ahlquist presented her research at the conference. She spoke about how musical theater is representative of the close relationship between the two nations.
As part of her presentation, GW seniors Lindsay Martin and Kevin Frey performed traditional British tunes, accompanied by Prof. Francis Conlon on piano.
On one duet, Kevin and Lindsay sang traditional Gilbert and Sullivan song with new, Americanized lyrics.
The presentation was very well received and all of the performers got to enjoy a cup of tea after the presentation was over.
Check out some tweets from the day:
.@GWMusicDept student Lindsay Martin singing 18th century opera at #GWSulgrave Symposium. Huzzah! pic.twitter.com/KAxpdXMn6T
— University Events (@GWUevent) October 10, 2014
What a way to end the first panel! Bravo! Thank you @kevinjfrey and @GWMusicDept for joining #GWSulgrave Symposium pic.twitter.com/hLhNFUcAFx
— University Events (@GWUevent) October 10, 2014
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