MusicIC: Conversation with Caroline Shaw and Marilynne Robinson (pre-recorded)

Iowa City Public Library 123 South Linn Street, Iowa City, IA, United States

MusicIC will present a pre-recorded conversation between Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and essayist, Marilynne Robinson and Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy Award–winning composer Caroline Shaw, moderated by MusicIC’s Founding Artist Director Tricia Park. The women will discuss Shaw’s string quartet Three Essays, the first movement of which was written to mimic Robinson’s writing. Segments of the string...

Free

MUSICIC: Centering Women’s Perspectives

Trinity Episcopal Church 320 E College St, Iowa City, IA, United States

Centering Women’s Perspectives will feature myriad contemporary female composers, incorporating perspectives from a collection of Western and non-Western musical traditions. The program aims to re-examine musical and literary hierarchies by presenting string quartets of oral- based storytelling songs from Mali, Indian Ragas, and melodies based on Iranian poetry. This concert is presented by MusicIC, Iowa...

Free