Presented By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD)
Guest Recital: Abbie Conant, trombone

Award-winning performance artist and Juilliard trained trombonist Abbie Conant is somewhat of a legend in the international orchestral brass world. The story of her epic fight and ultimate victory against egregious gender discrimination in the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, where she won the position for principal trombone at a screened audition in 1980, inspired author Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink.