For many years, Giardina has been an activist on behalf of coal communities. Most recently she has been involved in promoting legislation against the practice of mountain top removal and in November of 2000, she ran for governor of West Virginia as the Mountain Party candidate. Currently, Giardina is Writer in Residence at West Virginia State College in Institute, WV, teaching for the English department and the General Education program. The exhibition will remain open through Sunday, May 6 at noon. Perspectives at Marietta College is a cultural series made possible by a generous gift from an alumna of the College and was conceived to offer extraordinary cultural opportunities to both the students of Marietta College and the residents of the Mid-Ohio Valley.
All programs are free and open to the public.
Featuring Buelow's friends and family, including Marietta College alumni and faculty as well as the College Chamber Singers, the program brings together performers and music with special connections to Professor Buelow. Buelow, a concert pianist and composer, has performed throughout the country during his career at places including Carnegie Mellon University, The University of Cincinnati, and the Adirondack Festival of American Music at Lake Placid. His musical compositions, including Sonata for Violin and Piano, Heaven-Haven, Attack of the Squash People, and Fantasia for Piano and Orchestra, have won various awards in juried competitions and have been performed on venues in Pittsburgh, New York City and elsewhere. As a composer, Buelow has fulfilled several commissions for instrumental, vocal and choral works. Internationally acclaimed soprano Rosalind Rees and tenor Andrew Coward, a graduate in music from Marietta College, will present four songs composed around the poetry of e. e. Cummings.