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SUMMARY:On Collaboration: A Conversation with Marta Gentilucci and Shara McCallu
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DESCRIPTION:\nPlease join us for a conversation between composer Martha
Gentilucci and poet Shara McCallum about their collaborative work across
music and literature on moving still\, which premiered at the Biennale
in Venice in 2021.\n\nMarta Gentilucci is a composer of instrumental\, v
ocal\, and electronic music. She completed her studies in vocal arts as
a soprano in Italy\, and her master in composition and computer music in
Germany\, as well as a doctorate in composition from Harvard University
. Her electronic and instrumental music has been performed international
ly by renowned ensembles. She is an assistant professor in composition a
t the Faculty of Music at the University of Cambridge\, and Official Fel
low at Girton College Cambridge.\n\nShara McCallum is the author of seve
n books of poetry\, published in the US and UK\, including Behold (forth
coming 2026)\, No Ruined Stone\, and Madwoman. McCallum’s poems have bee
n translated into several languages\, set to music\, made into short fil
ms\, and integrated into public art. Recognition for her work includes a
Guggenheim Fellowship\, among others. At Penn State\, she is an Edwin E
rle Sparks Professor and served as the 2021–22 Penn State Laureate.\n\nS
ponsorship for this event provided by the Edwin Erle Sparks Professorshi
p\, Department of English\, School of Music\, and the Center for the Per
forming Arts at Penn State\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.ed
u/event/collaboration/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Please join us
for a conversation between composer Martha Gentilucci and poet Shara McC
allum about their collaborative work across music and literature on
moving still, which premiered at the Biennale in Venice in 2021.
Marta Gentilucci is a composer of instrumental, vocal, and electroni
c music. She completed her studies in vocal arts as a soprano in Italy,
and her master in composition and computer music in Germany, as well as
a doctorate in composition from Harvard University. Her electronic and i
nstrumental music has been performed internationally by renowned ensembl
es. She is an assistant professor in composition at the Faculty of Music
at the University of Cambridge, and Official Fellow at Girton College C
ambridge.
Shara McCallum is the author of seven books of po
etry, published in the US and UK, including Behold (forthcoming 2026), No Ruined Stone,
and
Madwo
man.
McCallum’s poems have been translated into several languages, set to mus
ic, made into short films, and integrated into public art. Recognition f
or her work includes a Guggenheim Fellowship, among others. At Penn Stat
e, she is an Edwin Erle Sparks Professor and served as the 2021–22 Penn
State Laureate.
Sponsorship for this event provided by the Edwin Erle S
parks Professorship, Department of English, School of Music, and the Cen
ter for the Performing Arts at Penn State
For more details:
https://events
.la.psu.edu/event/collaboration/
LOCATION:Grucci Room, 102 Burrowes Building
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