The Battle for the Ballot

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Flute 1, Flute 2, Flute 3, Flute 4, Flute 5, Piccolo, Oboe 1, Oboe 2, Oboe 3, Oboe 4, Clarinet in Bb 1, Clarinet in Bb 2, Clarinet in Bb 3, Clarinet in Bb 4, Clarinet in Bb 5, Clarinet in Bb 6, Clarinet in Bb 7, Clarinet in Bb 8, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Contrabassoon, Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Horn in F 1, Horn in F 2, Horn in F 3, Horn in F 4, Trumpet in C 1, Trumpet in C 2, Trumpet in C 3, Trumpet in C 4, Trumpet in C 5, Trumpet in C 6, Tenor Trombone 1, Tenor Trombone 2, Bass Trombone, Euphonium 1, Euphonium 2, Tuba 1, Tuba 2, Timpani, Percussion 1, Percussion 2, Percussion 3, Percussion 4, Harp, Piano, Double Bass — The Battle for the Ballot features the voices of seven Suffragists: Jane Addams, Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman, Cat Carrie W. Clifford, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Adella Hunt Logan, and Mary Church Terrell. Garrop uses lines excerpted from their speeches and writings, then weaves these lines together to form a single narrative that follows their reasoning for fighting so hard for the right to vote. Commissioned by the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, Music Director & Conductor Cristian Măcelaru, The Battle for the Ballot commemorates the centenary of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1920 granting women the right to vote.