COLUMBUS — Mississippi University for Women will host its International Music by Women festival Thursday through Saturday on campus, marking the event’s 10th year.
Founded in 2017 by Julia Mortyakova, chair of the Department of Music, the festival highlights music composed by women, both historically and today. The three-day event includes 15 concerts, academic presentations and performances by faculty, students and visiting musicians from institutions across the U.S. and around the world.
“I am really excited to celebrate 10 years of the International Annual Music by Women Festival,” Mortyakova said. “It has been an honor and a joy to provide a platform where colleagues from all around the world share music written by women composers. We are the largest festival of its kind, and our advocacy efforts to include more women composers are making a difference on concert stages and in academic classrooms.”
Concerts will be held in Kossen Auditorium in Poindexter Hall at 10 a.m., noon, 3, 5 and 8 p.m. daily. Performers represent a variety of institutions, including the University of Southern Mississippi, Florida State University, Auburn University, the University of Memphis, Texas A&M-San Antonio, and internationally from the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Krakow and the Music Academy in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
All concerts are free and open to the public. Each performance will also be livestreamed on the festival’s YouTube channel. Academic sessions, including lecture recitals and paper presentations, will be offered throughout the festival. Registration is required for these sessions; W students, faculty and staff can attend at no cost.
For registration and a full schedule, visit longblueline.muw.edu/events/music-by-women-festival-registration and muw.edu/musicbywomen. Questions may be directed to Mortyakova at [email protected]. The festival is supported in part by the Mississippi Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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