Celebrate International Women’s Day at UPEI with music!

The UPEI Department of Music will celebrate Canadian women composers at a faculty recital on International Women’s Day—March 8—at 7:30 pm on the SDU Stage, Dr. Steel Recital Hall. 

The recital, titled Trombone, She Wrote: Music by Canadian Women Composers, will feature Dale Sorensen, trombone and euphonium, with Magdalena von Eccher, piano, performing music by Jocelyn Morlock, F. Jane Naylor, Hope Salmonson, and Barbara York. It will also include the premiere of a work for trombone and loop station by Monica Pearce. 

The cost is $30 for adults and $10 for students payable by cash at the door. 

Marked annually on March 8, International Women's Day (IWD) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women's achievements or rally for women's equality.