Photograph by Karmen Mallow
On Oct. 4 Rebekah Demaree, Susan Savage Day and Sharon Jenson performed in the CFA.

UW-Platteville’s Brodbeck Hall, located in the Center for the Arts, hosted the voices of associate lecturer Rebekah Demaree and lecturer Susan Savage Day, accompanied by pianist Sharon Jenson, on Oct. 4 as part of the Kassia performing arts piece.  The concert consisted of pieces of poetry taken from a variety of women poets throughout history, which were then paired with opera singing and piano music. Some of the poems put to music were the works of well-known poets, including Sylvia Plath, Lady John Scott and Rose Fyleman.

“It was a wonderful concert,” Sarah Darrow, of Platteville, said. “They are fine singers. The concert was well put together.”

Day and Demaree are both sopranos, and each sang solo pieces with Jenson’s accompaniment on the piano. Demaree and Day read brief pieces of background on each woman poet and their poetry before singing the selection.

“We wanted to focus on women composers and poets,” Day said. “We want to bring creative poets and their talents together with music.”

The next performance for the soloists will be at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 31, when they will be singing with instrumental accompaniment.
“Its fun to do work with other people, Demaree said.

Both Day and Demaree encourage everyone to join them in January at the Center for the Arts when they perform Kassia and Friends II.

Attendees of the concert saw a presentation of poetry put to music by two soloists from the UW-P’s music department.