![Premiere of “Why Women Went West” by Pamela Madsen at Meng Hall, Cal State Fullerton, Sept. 17.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/WhyWomenWentWest_Slide.jpg.webp?itok=Ht7wEB0j)
March 2, 2023
“Why Women Went West” is a multi-media chamber opera that tells the unfolding narrative of a sole woman protagonist, Mary Hunter Austin, and her journey west. The performance is free and will be presented at RAFFMA on March 9 at 5 p.m.
![Stacey Fraser, CSUSB professor of music, soprano and the project director.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_StaceyFraser_NEAGrant_28May2021.jpg.webp?itok=Fn0Aw1Mk)
May 28, 2021
CSUSB has been approved for a grant by the National Endowment for the Arts to support the music department’s “New Frontiers: Multimedia Monodramas,” a project that focuses on aspects of new frontiers, California, diversity, women and the idea of the West.