Rigoberta Menchú at the Rothko Chapel
Rigoberta Menchú, Nobel Peace Laureate from Guatemala, will speak at the Chapel in collaboration with the University of Houston chapter of PeaceJam Foundation. Menchú first spoke at the Chapel in 1992 just prior to her nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, which she was awarded that same year. Her talk will occur immediately preceding the presentation of pianist Sarah Cahill in Music for Peace.
Suggested contribution of $5 - $10.
Music for Peace: A Sweeter Music
The international observance of Music for Peace is the occasion for this concert with pianist Sarah Cahill, who has commissioned a group of composers to write new works on the theme of peace. The California-based pianist is a specialist in new American music. The title of the program, which she is performing throughout the United States, comes from a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Nobel Peace Prize lecture, where he said, “We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody that is far superior to the discords of war.” A diversity of expression is represented in works by composers who range in age from their teens to their seventies, including Preben Antonsen, Meredith Monk, Terry Riley, Yoko Ono, and Pauline Oliveros. This event is a collaboration with the Foundation for Modern Music.
Suggested contribution of $5 - $10.
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