UTM Lecture Explores Women's Contributions to Music: Local Residents Invited to Attend on March 19

The 2024 Phi Kappa Phi Muriel D. Tomlinson Lecture will present a musical performance and lecture titled 'Gender and Music: Women's Contributions from the Baroque Era to Today.' The event will take place at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19, at the UTM Fine Arts Building's Blankenship Recital Hall. Dr. Amy Yeung and Dr. Chan Mi Jean from the University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Music will deliver the lecture.

The lecture will focus on women's contributions to Western classical music from the 1600s to today. Dr. Yeung, a professor of music with a rich background in the field, will discuss the changing perceptions of female composers and explore the social and historical context of their work. Dr. Jean, a lecturer and solo pianist, has performed internationally and won the Eighth New York International Music Concours.

The Muriel D. Tomlinson lecture is an annual event featuring distinguished faculty in the arts and humanities. It honors Dr. Muriel Tomlinson, a former faculty member and chairperson of the Department of Modern and Foreign Languages and a supporter of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.

The event is open to the public, and light refreshments will be available. For more details, contact Dr. Chris Hill, president of Phi Kappa Phi Chapter 127, at 731-881-7292. Reservations can be made through UT Martin’s Runway Events Platform, but are not required.

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