The Future is Female: Pianist Sarah Cahill Lecture/Recital
$30 ($15 student)
- Sarah Cahill, piano
Tania León — Mística
Gabriela Ortiz — Preludio y Estudio No. 3
Mary D. Watkins — Summer Days
Aida Shirazi — Albumblatt
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou — The Homeless Wanderer
Theresa Wong — She Dances Naked Under Palm Trees
Sarah Cahill, praised as a "sterling pianist and an intrepid illuminator of the classical avant-garde," will present a lecture/recital on piano works by composers including Regina Harris Baiocchi, Tania León, Mary D. Watkins and Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Gebrou. Cahill’s ongoing project The Future is Female is an investigation and reframing of the piano literature featuring more than seventy compositions by women around the globe, from the Baroque to the present day, including new commissioned works.
Sarah's latest recording, The Future is Female, Vol. 1, In Nature, was released March 4, 2022 on First Hand Records, and features works by Anna Bon, Fanny Mendelssohn, Teresa Carreño, Leokadiya Kashperova, Fannie Charles Dillon, Vítezslava Kaprálová, Agi Jambor, Eve Beglarian, Deirdre Gribbin, and Mary D Watkins.
This event is part of EXTENSITY Concert Series' WOMEN NOW Festival, celebrating living women composers, March 5-26 '22. Learn More: https://extensityconcertseries.squarespace.com/march-5-26-2022-women-now
Doors open at 6:30pm; concert starts at 7pm. Ticket price includes complimentary post-concert wine reception.
COVID-19 Protocols: Ticket holders are required to show proof of vaccination and wear masks during the concert.