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Who, What, Why: Gwyn Roberts, director of Penn’s Early Music Ensembles, on 18th century female musicians 
five musicians standing and playing wind instruments

Gwyn Roberts (fourth from right) for three decades has been the director of Penn’s Early Music Ensembles.

(Image: Courtesy of Tempesta di Mare)

  • Who, What, Why

    • Who, What, Why: Gwyn Roberts, director of Penn’s Early Music Ensembles, on 18th century female musicians 

    A Penn student choir and Roberts’ baroque orchestra will perform a Vivaldi oratorio premiered by women and girls in Venice 300 years ago. 
    Ukrainian artistry and resilience
    Dakhabraka posing by stone archway.

    DakhaBrakha, a musical quartet from Ukraine, will perform on March 3 at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.

    (Image: Andriy Petryna)

    Ukrainian artistry and resilience

    Through “Ukraine: The Edge of Freedom,” Penn Live Arts presents performances that uplift the culture of a nation during a time of war.
    Salsa, Shakira, and the reach of Latin American music
    Jairo Moreno sits with a cello at left, at right is the book cover “Sounding Latin Music, Hearing the Americas.”

    Jairo Moreno is an associate professor in the Department of Music.

    (Images: Courtesy of OMNIA)

    Salsa, Shakira, and the reach of Latin American music

    A new book from musicologist Jairo Moreno highlights musicians who have immigrated to the United States and the transformative power of their work.

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    ‘Bartok’s Monster’ challenges conventions of theater
    A cellist performing on stage.

    “Bartok’s Monster” is a fusion of lecture, concert, and theater.

    (Image: Courtesy of Penn Live Arts)

    ‘Bartok’s Monster’ challenges conventions of theater

    In “Bartok’s Monster,” an interdisciplinary collaboration, Daedalus Quartet will perform Bartok’s String Quartet No. 3 and other string pieces mixed with acting, choreography, and an array of striking visuals.
    Equity in Action Visiting Scholars program launches
    "The Art of Song and Protest" event.

    Ruth Naomi Floyd, one of two Equity in Action Visiting Scholars this year, leads a panel discussion with Jillian Patricia Pirtle, Lynne Farrington, and Jay Fluellen in the first of four events about the great contralto Marian Anderson.

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    Equity in Action Visiting Scholars program launches

    The Office of Social Equity & Community welcomes Ruth Naomi Floyd and Shane Claiborne who will engage in research and each hold four events this academic year.