Department of Music

Prof. Gayle Murchison

6 April., 11am-1pm

Ó Riada Hall, Music Dept., Sundays Well

https://www.ucc.ie/en/fmt/music/events/fuaim-lecture-prof-gayle-murchison-more-than-a-labor-of-love-mary-lou-williams-as-jazz-entrepreneur-11am-1pm-o-riada-hall-ucc-music-building-sundays-well-or-via-ms-teams-link-available-on-request-from-melanie-marshall-mlmarshalluccie.html
This week, the FUAIM lecture will be given by Prof. Gayle Murchison. Prof. Murchison is Associate Professor of Music at the College of William and Mary. The author of "The American Musical Stravinsky: The Style and Aesthetic of Copland’s New American Music, the Early Works, 1921-1938" (The University of Michigan Press, 2012), her research interests include William Grant Still, Mary Lou Williams, the music of social and cultural movements such the Harlem Renaissance and Civil Rights Movements; and the music of Zap Mama and Afro-European studies. Her talk is titled “More Than a Labor of Love: Mary Lou Williams as Jazz Entrepreneur.”