Festivals & Series

Setting the Stage: The Future of the Performing Arts

Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 1:00pm CST

Online

Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music and School of Communication, in collaboration with Northwestern New York, present this virtual event examining the state of the performing arts.

E. Patrick Johnson, Dean of the School of Communication, will moderate a conversation with alumni performing artists from both schools, dicussing how they have remained resilient in the face of concert hall and theater closures, how they have galvanized as a community to address social injustice, and how they are preparing for a performing arts landscape that will look distinctly different after the pandemic.

Speakers include:
Kate Baldwin (SoC '97), Actress and Singer
Roderick Cox (Bienen '11 MMus), Conductor
Kangmin Justin Kim (Bienen '11), ​Opera Singer

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Free Event