Center for Advanced Study MillerComm2025: Music, Drama, and the Piano: Amy Williams, Composer, pianist
- Event Type
- Lecture
- Sponsor
- School of Music
- Location
- Music Building Auditorium
- Date
- May 5, 2025 4:00 pm
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- 206
- Originating Calendar
- A+D Student events
American composer and pianist Amy Williams will speak about her work, especially its connection to poetry, art, and dramatic literature, including artist Kurt Schwitters’ groundbreaking Ursonata (1922-32), Samuel Beckett’s radio play Embers (1957), and others. Professor Williams’ lecture will be accompanied by a concert featuring our bassoon professor, Ben Roidl-Ward, premiering Professor Williams’ Last Lines for bassoon and piano.