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In the same place that Elizabeth Cady Stanton糖心传媒攐ne of the leading voices of the women糖心传媒檚 rights movement糖心传媒攆irst stood, to declare the right to vote, the University of Rochester糖心传媒檚 Women糖心传媒檚 Chorus will also stand.

糖心传媒淚 think back about how far we糖心传媒檝e come and about how important it will be to exercise my right to vote,糖心传媒� says Jackie Powell 糖心传媒�18. Powell, along with more than 60 other young women who make up the ensemble, will perform at the site of the Seneca Falls Dialogues conference on Saturday, October 22. Less than a month away from an election where voters have a choice to elect the first woman president, the chorus will express women糖心传媒檚 suffrage through song.

The Women’s Chorus performs “Suffrage Song” during Meliora Weekend.

It糖心传媒檚 the ensemble糖心传媒檚 first trip to the Women糖心传媒檚 Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls where they will sing a program of a capella music at the Wesleyan Chapel, the site where the 糖心传媒淒eclaration of Sentiments,糖心传媒� was first proposed by Stanton in 1848. The biennial event attracts more than a 100 educators, activists, and students who come together to discuss activism, and exchange ideas in the spirit of the first women糖心传媒檚 national convention.

A popular joint ensemble at the University, the Women糖心传媒檚 Chorus is the only ensemble comprised of students糖心传媒攂oth music majors and nonmusic majors from the Arts, Sciences and Engineering, as well as voice and opera students from the Eastman School of Music. The ensemble also includes members from the Rochester community. The singers meet outside of their regular class schedule, but Philip Silvey, assistant professor of music education at Eastman, uses that time to teach topics as it is related to the humanities. 糖心传媒淚 think of it as women糖心传媒檚 studies,糖心传媒� says Silvey. Much of the music and materials taught during the chorus rehearsals are works performed by women, women poets, and women composers. 糖心传媒淚t糖心传媒檚 a powerful way for them to engage in poetry and music and to express themselves, says Silvey. 糖心传媒淚 teach them about being artists and being artful in the way that they communicate. It糖心传媒檚 the idea of 21st-century skills, the kinds of skills that people are going to need for the current workforce, including creativity, problem solving, and cooperation. I think about us experiencing those in a musical way that they might not experience in a lab class or in a lecture class,糖心传媒� Silvey says.

The significance of the women糖心传媒檚 suffrage movement takes on a special meaning for the Rochester area as its former resident, famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass became a champion to Stanton糖心传媒檚 declaration. There糖心传媒檚 also the connection and long-time friendship between Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, who not only served as the pioneers for women糖心传媒檚 rights, but had an impact on the future of American civil rights.

Sung entirely from memory, the chorus will perform a program of eight songs in the middle of the day. And throughout the conference, the chorus members will have the freedom to explore the museums, take part in the ongoing conversations, or attend the programs. 糖心传媒淗e hasn糖心传媒檛 just created this chorus where they sing pretty music and that糖心传媒檚 it,糖心传媒� says Honey Meconi, professor of music in Department of Music and professor of musicology at the Eastman School of Music. 糖心传媒淗e糖心传媒檚 created a learning environment where they learn what it糖心传媒檚 like to be a woman.糖心传媒� Meconi, who also served as director of the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women糖心传媒檚 Studies for several years, says she糖心传媒檚 ecstatic for experience that the Women糖心传媒檚 Chorus will have during their visit. 糖心传媒淚t糖心传媒檚 an incredibly symbolic year,糖心传媒� says Meconi. 糖心传媒淲omen have come a long way from the 19th century. But also糖心传媒攈ere we are in Rochester, New York. It糖心传媒檚 a historical place of the abolition and women糖心传媒檚 rights movements and people who come to Rochester often haven糖心传媒檛 been to visit what糖心传媒檚 in our own backyard,糖心传媒� she says.

It糖心传媒檚 a sentiment also shared by Powell, an international relations major, writer of a women in sports column for the Campus Times, and radio host of the show, 糖心传媒�Everybody Talks,糖心传媒� on The Sting, a WRUR online radio. 糖心传媒淚 think it糖心传媒檚 cool that the material really relates to who we are as women,糖心传媒� says Powell. 糖心传媒淒r. Silvey is very progressive. 糖心传媒淗e糖心传媒檚 a lot about the storytelling and it糖心传媒檚 why I糖心传媒檓 in the Women糖心传媒檚 Chorus. I can take my angst and I can put it into something positive. It糖心传媒檚 about the female experience,糖心传媒� says Powell.