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Sponsored by the University of Kansas Cello Club and the KU School of Music composition department, our next New Music Help Desk is positioned to address topics far beyond notation and technique. We are honored to be part of KU’s mini-festival titled "Behind the Music: an Exploration of Social Issues in Music,” so we’ve invited one of our dearest friends and longest-running collaborators, composer Eliza Brown, to join us on the panel. With her time working with incarcerated women in Indiana, not to mention her own experiences of gender and power dynamics in classical music, Eliza brings an illuminating first-person perspective to this exchange.
(photo credit: Mary Rafferty)
If you’ve attended one of our virtual events this past year, chances are you’ve met Clara’s wife, Hannah Collins, who heads up the cello department at University of Kansas. Like many programs across the country, the KU music students and faculty have been contemplating issues of social justice and inclusion, so we are grateful to be able to provide this space for a lively discussion on these complex topics. Naturally, priority will be given to the KU community, but we’ll also be answering questions from the chat submitted by all attendees, so please feel welcome to join the conversation!
Spektral Quartet’s programming is supported by our members, our donors, and by the following foundations and organizations:
