CAS/MillerComm | Music, Drama, and the Piano
- Event Type
- Lecture
- Sponsor
- Center for Advanced Study (CAS)
- Location
- Music Building Auditorium, 1114 W. Nevada St, Urbana
- Date
- May 5, 2025 4:00 pm
- Contact
- Masumi Iriye
- iriye@illinois.edu
- Views
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- Originating Calendar
- Campus Humanities Calendar
Join us for a lecture by American composer and pianist Amy Williams. This lecture will be accompanied by the premier of Williams' Last Lines featuring School of Music Professor of bassoon Ben Roidl-Ward.
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.
In conjunction with: Department of Dance, Department of English, Department of German, Department of Linguistics, Department of Theatre, Humanities Research Institute, School of Art + Design