MUSIC

Uncommon Women: Celebrating Joan Tower

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
7:30 PM

The Village Trip
Greenwich House Music School
46 Barrow Street, West Village, Manhattan

$30; $25 students/seniors
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In celebration of the great Joan Tower, a gaggle of pianists perform works for piano(s) by a bunch of great women composers (who do not appear to include Joan Tower). We’ll set aside mention of such notables as Missy Mazzoli, Meredith Monk, Julia Wolfe, and Kitty Brazelton to focus for a moment on one of my favorite recent discoveries, Errollyn Wallen — who at this show is represented by a piece taking off from “Girl from Ipanema”, which shows you why I like her so much.

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