About the Event
Flutist Claudia Anderson of the Grinnell College faculty will present a recital for solo flutes/piccolo and electronics entitled “GLASS CEILINGS: Music as Social Catalyst.” The program includes works by Eve Beglarian (Can I Have It Without Begging; Hard4the $), Lisa Bost-Sandberg (Strikingly), Ali Ryerson (Jazz Dream), and Claudia Anderson (Weather Conversations;Glass Ceilings).
The phrase “glass ceilings” was first introduced in 1978, and 44 years later it is still painfully relevant in describing multiple barriers and inequalities we face today. Claudia Anderson performs music by five women composing works for her that explore gender in world leadership styles during the pandemic, the socio-economic gap between classes of privilege and front-line workers who emerged most vulnerable during 2020, the increasing fragility of our glass ceilings that remain stubbornly durable even as they thin, borders we may and must cross between musical cultures and genres, and the unintended but inevitable intertwining between breath in music and in the taking of it by human cruelty.
Program: Weather Conversations for flutes and electronics (by Claudia Anderson), Can I Have It Without Begging for flute and electronics ( Eve Beglarian), Strikingly for piccolo and electronics (Lisa Bost-Sandberg), Hard4the$ for flutes and electronics (Beglarian), Jazz Dream (Ali Ryerson), and Glass Ceilings for flutes and electronics (Anderson).
The Shepherd School of Music continues to live stream student degree and class recitals from Duncan Recital Hall. Due to current licensing challenges, the Shepherd School cannot guarantee that every piece and/or performance will be live streamed. All live stream performances are free; no subscription is required.
