Arizona Wind Quintet marks the 100th anniversary of this voting rights milestone with a retrospective of compositions by American women. Biographical vignettes accompany each short movement, as we feature a powerful cast of pioneering women from the early 20th century: Marion Bauer, Amy Beach, Johanna Beyer, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Mary Howe and Elinor Remick Warren. These musical gems, some rarely performed and unearthed from archival sources, are juxtaposed with an exciting new work, Soul on Fire, by UA faculty composer Dr. Yuanyuan (Kay) He, commissioned by AWQ for this occasion. Closing the program is music by the extraordinary composer Valerie Coleman, whose Portraits of Josephine suite is inspired by the life of Josephine Baker. The struggles Baker experienced parallel that of women of color to gain access to the ballot box. A full consideration of the history of women’s voting rights must acknowledge the ways BIPOC women were marginalized from the suffrage movement and the benefits of the 19th Amendment for decades beyond its ratification in 1920. Join us for this musical celebration of ingenuity, self-expression, boldness, and persistence.