On Campus This Week: Race In an International Context, Bi-Co Orchestra, Hip-Hop Artist Ohene, Renaissance Choir

Race in an International Context. On Friday, Nov. 16, from noon to 1 p.m., the biweekly Diversity Conversation at the Multicultural Center on Cambrian Row will address international students' perceptions of racial politics in the United States. The conversation is open to all, and lunch will be provided.

Bi-Co Orchestra Performs. On Friday, Nov. 16, at 8 p.m., the Haverford-Bryn Mawr College Orchestra will perform its Fall Concert under the direction of Heidi Jacob in Roberts Hall, Marshall Auditorium, at Haverford. The program will include Beethoven's Leonore No. 3, Liszt's Orpheus and Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet. This concert is free and open to the public. 

The Thinking Woman's Rapper. Hip-hop artist Ohene, a self-described feminist, is a favorite of audiences in both Philadelphia and Ghana. Something of a keyboard prodigy, he began picking out works by Bach, Mozart and Handel at age 12 and by 15, performed his rhymes for an audience of thousands in Ghana's national theater. Hip-Hop Linguistics rated his 2007 release Inner City Soul the hip-hop album of the year, and Ohene is, he says, "the only emcee you will see performing classical waltzes on the piano while he raps."

Ohene will perform in the Campus Center Main Lounge, on Saturday, Nov. 17, at 8 p.m. The performance is sponsored by the Women's Center.

Renaissance Tunes for Francophiles. The Haverford-Bryn Mawr Renaissance Choir, directed by Edward Handy, Haverford '48, will present a program of music from France and Belgium this Sunday, Nov. 18, at 3 p.m. in Thomas Great Hall. The concert will feature works of Josquin Despres (circa 1440-1521), Orlandus Lassus (1532-1594) and other composers of the high Renaissance. It is free and open to the public.

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