To celebrate Women‘s History Month: WOMEN TRAILBLAZERS IN MUSIC – a film about fascinating women composers, spanning 12 centuries, and WOMEN OF NOTE – a short live concert with world-class performers spotlighting the music of women composers.

The event is on Wednesday, March 16, at 12:30pm at Sapinsley Hall in the Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts at RIC. Among the performers are dancer Shani Collins-Achille, who will premiere a newly choreographed work, and storyteller Valerie Tutson, who will present a piece for spoken word and piano. The concertmaster of the Rhode Island Philharmonic and Boston Pops, Charles Dimmick, and other celebrated musicians will perform diverse works for flute, clarinet, cello, violin, piano, voice, and glockenspiel by women composers.