{"id":11351,"date":"2023-07-04T14:36:55","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T13:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=11351"},"modified":"2023-07-05T14:52:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T13:52:28","slug":"legacy-to-the-music-department-to-build-choral-collection-in-memory-of-cynthia-hawes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2023\/07\/04\/legacy-to-the-music-department-to-build-choral-collection-in-memory-of-cynthia-hawes\/","title":{"rendered":"Legacy to the Music Department to build choral collection in memory of Cynthia Hawes"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Music department is very grateful to have received a legacy from the late Cynthia Hawes<\/strong>, one of the University\u2019s very first employees, who passed away shortly before Christmas in 2020.<\/p>\n

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Cynthia Hawes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cynthia was Secretary to Vice-Chancellors Geoffrey Templeman and David Ingram, subsequently transferring to the Graduate Studies Office as an Assistant Registrar. An enthusiastic choral singer, Cynthia was a long-time member of University Chorus, regularly singing with Chorus in concerts in Eliot Hall (prior to the opening of the Colyer-Fergusson Building) and Canterbury Cathedral, and also sang with Canterbury Choral Society; Cynthia sang with Chorus up until 2018.<\/p>\n

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University Chorus and Orchestra performing in Canterbury Cathedral in March, 2010<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thanks to her generous legacy, the Music department has founded the Cynthia Hawes Collection<\/strong>, in which her Fund will be used to support the continued activities of Chorus by purchasing vocal scores for the choir to use in its rehearsals and performances.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a lovely gesture from a committed member of Chorus, who was a regular performer with the choir. Thanks to this wonderful legacy, Chorus will be able to build a library of vocal scores for the choir to use, and each time we sing from them, the choir will be performing in her memory; a very special way to commemorate and reflect Cynthia\u2019s long-standing commitment to music here at Kent.<\/p>\n

Read more about about Cynthia here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n