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WIU School of Music to Host Events For Women’s History Month
March 4, 2024
MACOMB, IL - - The Western Illinois School of Music will present a series of four events in honor of Women's History Month. Three concerts and a guest lecture will showcase the accomplishments of women as composers, community organizers and performers and the work of WIU students, faculty and guest artists.
The series begins with the second annual concert of music by and about women, non-binary/trans and queer persons, "WNBQ is on the air." This event will take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 7 in the COFAC Recital Hall and features WIU students, faculty and guest performers, presenting music by composers of the past and present as well as new music by WIU students and friends of the community, in various genres and styles.
Professor of Musicology Marian Wilson Kimber at the University of Iowa will be the guest for two events on Thursday, March 28. She will present a lecture, "Lifting as She Climbed: Mollie Fines and Music in African American Women's Clubs" at 2 p.m. in the University Union Lincoln Room and Kimber will be joined by WIU Assistant Professor of Piano Natalie Landowski, for a recital of spoken-word compositions by American women at 7:30 pm in the COFAC Recital Hall.
The series' final concert takes place at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 14, at First Presbyterian Church in Macomb. WIU students and faculty will perform compositions written for the organ by women, including American composers Florence Price and Sharon Willis.
For more information contact WIU Associate Professor of Music Anita Hardeman at a-hardeman@wiu.edu.
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