Bella Lumina will honor the stories and history of the Suffrage Movement

by performing Andrea Ramsey’s Suffrage Cantata on March 8th

in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of International Women’s Day.

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Suffrage Cantata is multi-movement work scored for treble choir, piano, string quartet,

percussion, narrator, and soloist. Historical images and footage will be
projected throughout the powerful work and will feature

Bella Lumina’s 60 treble singers 

along with guest treble singers from

Minnehaha Academy, Minnetonka High School,

and Mound Westonka High School. 

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  Mikalia Bradbury - soprano soloist  |  Victoria Wilgocki - narrator

 

Instrumentalists:

Chris Starr, piano 

Barb Savereide and Suzanne Damberg, violin

Cassandra Herold, viola

Andrea Glass, cello

Jeff Bina and David Birrow, percussion

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“It is so very important to share with our younger generation this

oftentimes untold story of the 72-year+ struggle to gain the voting rights for women. 

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We hope that the words, stories, and actions of our ancestral

Suffragist sisters will inspire youth to keep carrying the

torch of equality and keep marching for justice.” 

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- Michelle Gehrz, artistic director 

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