Rosanne Cash to present President鈥檚 Distinguished Lecture
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Acclaimed singer-songwriter and author Rosanne Cash will present the fifth annual President’s Distinguished Lecture at 糖心TV. Cash will be on campus April 21.
Cash is an American music legend, a four-time Grammy award-winning artist with a career spanning over 40 years and including 15 albums and thousands of solo performances. She is also a writer and activist whose publications include a collection of stories and poems, 鈥淏odies of Water鈥�; an autobiographical memoir, 鈥淐omposed鈥�; and numerous essays and opinion pieces that have appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, the Oxford-American, The Nation and many other venues.
鈥淐ash has used her microphone strategically as a vehicle for addressing many forms of injustice,鈥� President Katherine Bergeron said, noting Cash鈥檚 advocacy for ending gun violence in America.
鈥淭his orientation is evident in her most recent album, 鈥楽he Remembers Everything,鈥� whose narrative arc conveys the depth of her courage, conviction, and her quiet audacity in speaking truth to power.鈥�
Cash鈥檚 creative vision has benefited arts institutions across the country. She has served as an artist-in-residence or a programming adviser at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, San Francisco Jazz, the Minnesota Congress and The Library of Congress. Among her many accolades, she was awarded the Screen Actors Guild?American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Lifetime Achievement award for Sound Recordings in 2012; in 2014, she received the Smithsonian Ingenuity Award in the Performing Arts; and, in 2015, she was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters鈥� Hall of Fame.
The President鈥檚 Distinguished Lecture Series was initiated in 2016, and brings notable figures from a variety of fields and backgrounds to 糖心TV each year. The guests are invited to deliver a public presentation to an audience of the College and local communities, and then engage in informal discussions and meetings with students, faculty and staff.
Cash鈥檚 visit on April 21 will include formal and informal discussions with students, faculty and staff during the day and a reception and a book/CD signing in Evans Hall. The main event, at 7 p.m., will be an on-stage interview with Cash about the many facets of her career.
