Women Trailblazers in Music

In celebration of Women's History Month this special event will be held on Thursday, March 24. Women Trailblazers in Music, is an enlightening documentary, created by award-winning pianist, composer and now filmmaker Judith Lynn Stillman, about fascinating women composers spanning 12 centuries. A post-screening discussion will be facilitated by Stillman. This film takes us on a journey with tunes and tales by - and about - pioneering women composers who were all but expunged from history. It features stories rarely heard and music not often played. Twenty-five celebrated performers appear in the film. Actor Becky Bass plays the role of Florence Price, the first Black woman composer to have her music played by a major symphony orchestra. Other notable cast members include Jeanine Kane of the Gamm Theatre, Emmy award-winning actor Kate Burton, cellist Aristides Rivas, sopranos Michelle Esposito and Mia Douglas, and Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra Concertmaster Charles Dimmick. [2021, USA, 55 min, Rated: NR] Judith Lynn Stillman wants the audience to know this film consists of world-class musicians - self- recording in isolation during pandemic lockdown. Venue: Cinema Art Theater. Presenter: Rehoboth Beach Film Society.