The ninth annual international Music by Women Festival The festival will feature concerts of new and historic music written by women composers historically as well as in the present day.

Schedule of Events:

10:00 AM
Kossen Auditorium

Concert No. 1
Welcome

Keith Gaskin, Mayor of Columbus & Julia Mortyakova, Artistic Director, Music by Women Festival

Suite in Jazz Style (2008) — Dobrinka Tabakova (b. 1980)

I. Confident - II. Nocturnal - III. (no title)

Hsiaopei Lee, viola (The University of Southern Mississippi)

Chialing Hsieh, piano (Northwestern State University of Louisiana)

Impressions from a Museum — Carmen Petra-Besacapol

Valentin Bogdan, piano (Mississippi University for Women)

A Little Violin Music: In Memory of Elijah McClain — Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (b. 1939)

Lauretta Werner Merriman, violin (Longwood University)

Phoenix: of burnout and dreams — Moira Cairns (b. 1983)

Moira Cairns, soprano

William Reber, piano (Mississippi University for Women)

Images de Norvege — Ida Gotkovsky (b. 1933)

I. Dolcissimo - II. Fantasque et gai

Cumulonimbus: The King of Clouds — Jenni Brandon (b. 1977)

Oh, Snap! — Amanda Harberg (b. 1973)

Dos Gatos

Timothy Bonenfant, clarinet (Angelo State University)

Martha Saywell, piano (Texas A&M University-San Antonio)

11:30-11:55 AM

Room 211   

Paper: Sophia Dussek: At Home in the Public Sphere
Christy Sallee (University of Florida)

Room 408   

Lecture Recital: A Musician Without Borders: The Life and Music of Teresa Carreño
Julia Mortyakova, piano (Mississippi University for Women)

12:00 PM
Kossen Auditorium

Concert No. 2
Bebop Riddle — Augusta Read Thomas

A Little Prayer — Evelyn Glennie

Prism — Keiko Abe

Oliver Molina, marimba (Northwestern State University of Louisiana)

Five Cats for Clarinet Duet — Fran Griffin

I. Caccini - II. Isabella - III. Cabbage - IV. Miiw - V. Hyacinth

Carrie RavenStem, clarinet, (Backun Performing Artist, Silverstein Aspiring Educator)

Adria Sutherland, clarinet (Eastern Kentucky University, Backun Performing Artist)

Prelude to Parting for Trombone, Violin and tape — Elizabeth Raum

Douglas Mark, trombone (Mississippi University for Women)

Anne-Gaëlle Ravetto, violin

Break
3:00 PM
Kossen Auditorium

Concert No. 3
If Women Ruled the World

Kyrie eleison — Hildegard von Bingen (arr. Sullivan)

To Sit and Dream — Rosephanye Powell

Lao Rahal Soti — Samih Choukir (arr. abu Khader)

Al turbar de bei lumi — Vittoria Aleotti

I Would Like — Nell Shaw Cohen (* new commission)

Crowded Table — McKenna/Carlile (arr. Ramsey)

Arkansas State University Concert Choir

Ryan W. Sullivan, conductor (Arkansas State University)

Marques J. Ruff, guest conductor

Alison Hsieh, piano

The Atonal Oboe

Composition for Oboe (1965) — Joan Tower (b. 1938)

Monody (1973) — Maya Badian (b. 1945)

Like Lightnings (2005) — Hilary Tann (1947-2023)

Andrew W. Parker, oboe (Louisiana State University)

Six mélodies — Pauline Viardot-García (1821-1910)

I. À la Fontaine - II. Belle Yoli - III. Ici‑bas tous les lilas meurent - IV. Sérénade à Rosine - V. Madrid - VI. Les filles de Cadix

Angelique Alexander, mezzo soprano

Jonathan Levin, piano

4:00-4:25 PM

Room 211

Paper: Pregnancy, Parenthood, and the Professional Musician
Amanda Morrison (Slippery Rock University)
Amy Guffey (Kansas State University)
Carrie RavenStem (La HERmandad, Backun & Silverstein Artist)
Adria Sutherland (Eastern Kentucky University, La HERmandad, Backun Performing Artist)

Room 307

Lecture Recital: Immigration, Migration, and Industrialization: A Lecture Recital on Layered Exoticism in Libby Larsen's My Ántonia
Eric Laine, tenor (UNC Greensboro)
Jonathan Levin, piano

Room 408

Lecture Recital: Reimagining Bach: Lera Auerbach's Twenty-Four Preludes for Piano Solo
Hannah Roberts, piano (University of Alabama)

4:30-4:55 PM

Room 211   

Paper: Barbara Strozzi's Gender-fluid Agency
Ryan Sullivan (Arkansas State University)

Room 307

Lecture Recital: Elsa Respighi: Out of the Shadows
Malinda Haslett, soprano (University of Southern Maine)
Jonathan Levin, piano

5:00 PM
Kossen Auditorium  

Concert No. 4
To an Isle in the Water — Ellen Mandel

1. Down by the Salley Gardens - 2. The Meditation of the Old Fisherman - 3. To an Isle in the Water - 5. The Song of Wandering Aengus

Zane Lynn, tenor (Mississippi University for Women)

Valentin Bogdan, piano (Mississippi University for Women)

Beyond the Wall Suite for Piano Trio — Emma JAYAKUMAR

I. Birdsong - II. The Birdwoman - III. Mother & Lullaby - IV. A Juicy Peach

Amanda Wilton, violin (University of North Alabama)

Suren Petrosyan, cello (University of North Alabama)

William Hueholt, piano (University of North Alabama)

Chirimías Metálicas for solo flute — Carolina Noguera

El Encantador de Pájaros, Op. 24 for solo flute — Amparo Ángel

Paola Cubillos, flute

Dancing Shadows (2025) — Nadine B Silverman (b. 1997)

Invention No. 1 for Two Clarinets (2019) — Gay Kahkonen (b. 1968)

Amanda Morrison, clarinet (Slippery Rock University)

Lynda Dembowski, clarinet (Anne Arundel Community College)

The Great Migration — Gina Gillie (b. 1981)

Brenda Luchsinger, horn (Alabama State University)

Shaka Marko Lwaki, horn (Alabama State University)

Kristofer Sanchack, piano (Alabama State University)

Reception hosted by the Music by Women Festival for participants and special guests. Meet in the Poindexter Lobby immediately following the 5 p.m. concert to walk over to the reception.

8:00 PM
Kossen Auditorium  

Concert No. 5
Monet Suite — Theresa Delaplain (University of Arkansas)

Morning on the Seine - Cathedral of Rouen in Sunlight - In The Water Lily Pond - The British Parliament: Effect of the Sun in the Fog - Weeping Willow at Giverny

Theresa Delaplain, oboe and English horn (University of Arkansas)

Tomoko Kashiwagi, piano

Intermezzo — Mélanie Chasselon

Serenade, op.29 — Cécile Chaminade

Suite for Piano No.2 — Olga Harris (Tennessee State University)

Arpeggiato - Waltz - March - Russian Waltz - Rock Dragon

Julia Mortyakova, piano (Mississippi University for Women)

I Never Saw Another Butterfly — Lori Laitman

1. The Butterfly - 2. Yes, That's The Way Things Are - 3. Birdsong - 4. The Garden - 5. Man Proposes, God Disposes - 6. The Old House

Rachel Green, soprano (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Peru State College, & Doane University)

Emily Rose, clarinet

Anthology of Emotions for solo violin — Clarice Assad

I. Wanderer - II. Frantic - III. Malleable - IV. The Last Word - V. Lachrimae - VI. Tension & Release - Joie de vivre

Rodrigo Quintana, violin (Great Lakes Center for the Arts)

Michelle Kiec, clarinet (Commonwealth University)

Godiva, a monodrama for soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano — Juliana Hall

Loralee Songer, mezzo-soprano

Perry Mears, piano (Missouri State University)

On the rim of thin places — Rachel DeVore Fogarty

Prelude - Hiraeth - Dépaysement - Tocka

Christa Frye, clarinet (Bethel University)

Joseph Frye, trombone (University of Tennessee at Martin)

The Library — Diana Blom

Kevin Hanrahan, tenor (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

Jung-Won Shin, piano (Delta State University)

Two Latin Dances for Trumpet and Piano — Lauren Bernofsky

Nairam Simoes, trumpet (Arkansas State University)

Jonathan Levin, piano

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