{"id":192,"date":"2013-12-10T16:27:06","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T21:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/afammusicworldculture\/?page_id=192"},"modified":"2014-01-19T23:35:31","modified_gmt":"2014-01-20T04:35:31","slug":"virginia-eskin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/afammusicworldculture\/speakers\/virginia-eskin\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Eskin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/afammusicworldculture\/files\/2013\/07\/GeorgeWein.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"\/afammusicworldculture\/files\/2013\/12\/Virginia-Eskin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/afammusicworldculture\/files\/2013\/12\/Virginia-Eskin.jpg\" alt=\"Virginia Eskin\" class=\"size-full wp-image-340 alignleft\" width=\"150\" height=\"139\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Virginia Eskin<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Boston, Massachussetts<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Virginia Eskin is both a performer and an educator. She has taught and given lectures at colleges and universities throughout the United States and Europe, including New England Conservatory, Boston University, Brandeis, Harvard and Northeastern among others. She regularly participates in adult education programs, speaks at senior living facilities &amp; community programs and has frequently lectured and performed at Elderhostel (now \u201cRoad Scholar\u201d) and on several cruises in Europe.\u00a0Her lectures appeal to all age groups, and especially to older people who love music and learning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Talk Title:\u00a0Women of Color: Black, Blues &amp; Jazz<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The presentation will examine the lives of four women who overcame their position in life using music as the means. Talent was their way of rising above any persecution they experienced and their music is a glorious example of triumph over tragedy.\u00a0 The musicians are Florence Price (1888-1953), Margaret Bonds (1913-72), Zenobia Perry (1908-2004) and Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981). The\u00a0presentation will include\u00a0piano demonstrations of their works, a discussion of the specific harmonies &amp;\u00a0chord changes and\u00a0references to their African heritage &#8211; all showing that these women were fearless in their determination to be original.<\/p>\n<p>WEB LINK:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.virginiaeskin.com\/\">www.virginiaeskin.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Eskin Boston, Massachussetts Virginia Eskin is both a performer and an educator. She has taught and given lectures at colleges and universities throughout the United States and Europe, including New England Conservatory, Boston University, Brandeis, Harvard and Northeastern among others. She regularly participates in adult education programs, speaks at senior living facilities &amp; community [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3592,"featured_media":0,"parent":85,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/afammusicworldculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/192"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/afammusicworldculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/afammusicworldculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/afammusicworldculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3592"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/afammusicworldculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/afammusicworldculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":688,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/afammusicworldculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/192\/revisions\/688"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/afammusicworldculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/afammusicworldculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}