Lecture-Recital by Mira Walker: Women of the Chicago Black Renaissance

Free and open to the public
This event is presented in partnership with University of Michigan, School of Music, Theatre, and Dance.

Title: Women of the Chicago Black Renaissance

Description: The Chicago Black Renaissance was a period of intense artistic creativity and community-building beginning in the 1930s. This lecture recital will examine the impact of this cultural movement on piano music through the interconnected biographies and compositional traits of Florence Price, Margaret Bonds, Betty Jackson King, and Irene Britton Smith. Attendees will gain a deeper historical and aural understanding of this transformative era in American piano music.

You may also like the following events from GVSU Piano:

• Next Thursday, 2nd October, 04:30 pm, Lecture-Recital by Pedro Sperandio: Adagio and the Fantastic Style in Allendale
• Next month, 10th October, 07:30 pm, Beethoven Concerto No. 3 with GVSU Orchestra in Allendale
• Next month, 13th October, 07:30 pm, Guest Recital "Exit Music (for the End of Time)" by Sergei Kvitko in Allendale

Also check out other Music events in Allendale, Arts events in Allendale, Entertainment events in Allendale.