By Jill Yesko , University Relations
Contact (336) 334-3890
Posted: 3-6-07
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The music of two women composers with ties to Paris is to be performed as part of a lecture/recital at UNCG.
The concert and lecture will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 17, in the Recital Hall of the School of Music. The public is welcome at no charge.
The event will feature the music of Louise Farrenc (1804-1875) and Louse Talma (1906-1996), two often ignored women composers who created works for some of the most important musicians and orchestras of their time.
“I wanted to share Louise Talma’s music with the world since her music is lovely and so rarely performed,” said Sarah Dorsey, director of the Music Library, who organized the concert with Dr. Elizabeth Keathley of the School of Music. Dorsey went to the Library of Congress on a research assignment to organize Talma’s collection of scores and papers last year.
Born in Paris, Talma’s compositional output comprises more than 60 major works, including four orchestral pieces and a full-scale, three-act opera with author Thornton Wilder. She was the first woman to be admitted to the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1974, and the first American woman to have a full-length opera produced in Europe.
Farrenc was a piano teacher and composer who spent 30 years as professor of piano at the Paris Conservatoire. She composed many works for piano, along with three symphonies.
Cat Keen, a graduate student in clarinet, will perform as well as present a recital on Farrenc.
The event, which is part of UNCG’s Women’s History Month, is sponsored by the Women’s and Gender Studies Program, the School of Music and the University Libraries. For more information, contact (336) 334-5673, or visit http://wgs.uncg.edu.
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