Athena Festival is a biennial event celebrating women in music.[1] The festival is sponsored by the Department of Music at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky.[2] The Athena festival strives to promote women composers and inspire young women with their musical aspirations [3]
In 2011, The Athena festival helped create the first all women 60x60 mix named after the festival. The 60x60 Athena Mix was curated and coordinated by Sabrina Peña Young.[4][5][6]
The theme of the 2013 Athena Festival is "Breaking Barriers—Finding Her Own Voice."
Featured Scholars and Composers
edit- 1999 Karin Pendle and Barbara Harbach-George
- 2001 Adrienne Fried Block and Barbara Honn
- 2003 Judith Tick, Peggy Seeger, and Sara Carina Graf
- 2005 Nancy B. Reichand and Lori Laitman
- 2007 Helen Walker-Hill
- 2009 Judith Lang Zaimont[7]
- 2013 Gwyneth Walker
References
edit- ^ "Art Meets Activism Grants Go To Area Artists". WKMS. 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
- ^ Festivals and Workshops. "Murray State University > Festivals and Workshops". Murraystate.edu. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
- ^ "KFW Grant Recipients". Kfw.org. Archived from the original on 2012-08-13. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
- ^ "60x60 Athena Mix". 60x60.com. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
- ^ "American Music Center". Amc.net. Archived from the original on 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
- ^ "Sabrina Pena Young News Article". Artistopia.com. Archived from the original on 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
- ^ "Judith Lang Zaimont". Sai-national.org. Archived from the original on 2010-12-20. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
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