BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_YorkBEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1143@earlymusicamerica.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260320T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260320T130000 DTSTAMP:20260128T151807Z URL:https://www.earlymusicamerica.org/events/early-music-missouri-presents -chamber-court-convent-songs-sonatas-by-17th-century-women-composers-3/ SUMMARY:Early Music Missouri presents "Chamber\, Court &\; Convent: Song s &\; Sonatas by 17th-Century Women Composers" DESCRIPTION:Early Music Missouri brings its Women’s History Month concert to the Kemper Unplugged series on the WashU campus with a program of musi c by several important women musicians active in 17th-century Italy. Activ e in the early decades of the century\, Francesca Caccini was a renowned s inger whose songs follow the model of her father\, Giulio Caccini. Barbara Strozzi\, a singer and composer\, published eight collections of vocal mu sic in her lifetime—more than any of her male contemporaries—and is pe rhaps the best-known woman composer of the Baroque era. As a nun\, Isabell a Leonarda composed primarily vocal music\, but this concert presents her one solo violin sonata.\n\nThe ensemble includes performers who appear reg ularly on Early Music Missouri concerts\, and features sopranos Arianna Ae rie and Samantha Arten\, Baroque violinist Celina Boldrey\, and Baroque ce llist Stephanie Hunt. This band of Early Music Missouri’s women has invi ted lutenist and Early Music Missouri Director Jeff Noonan to join them on theorbo and Baroque guitar.\n\nThe free concert will take place on March 20 at noon in the Kemper Art Museum on WashU’s campus. The performance s pace is accessible for those with special mobility needs. The concert is o pen to the public and admission is free.\n\nEarly Music Missouri is the re gion's foremost promoter and presenter of Early Music concerts. Its perfor mances feature Medieval\, Renaissance and Baroque repertoire performed on period instruments by expert performers from the region and nation. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.earlymusicamerica.org/wp-content/upl oads/2025/12/4-Ladies-for-promo-smaller-size-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Concerts LOCATION:Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum\, 1 Brookings Dr.\, St. Louis\, MO\ , 63130\, United States GEO:38.649317;-90.310654 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1 Brookings Dr.\, St. Louis \, MO\, 63130\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Mildred Lane Kemp er Art Museum:geo:38.649317,-90.310654 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR