Athena Festival Explained

Athena Festival is a biennial event celebrating women in music.^[1] The festival is sponsored by the Department of Music at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky.^[2] The Athena festival strives to promote women composers and inspire young women with their musical aspirations ^[3]

In 2011, The Athena festival helped create the first all women 60x60 mix named after the festival. The 60x60 Athena Mix was curated and coordinated by Sabrina Peña Young.^{[4] [5] [6]}

The theme of the 2013 Athena Festival is "Breaking Barriers—Finding Her Own Voice."

Featured Scholars and Composers

• 1999 Karin Pendle and Barbara Harbach-George
• 2001 Adrienne Fried Block and Barbara Honn
• 2003 Judith Tick, Peggy Seeger, and Sara Carina Graf
• 2005 Nancy B. Reichand and Lori Laitman
• 2007 Helen Walker-Hill
• 2009 Judith Lang Zaimont^[7]
• 2013 Gwyneth Walker

External links

• Athena Festival

Notes and References

1. Web site: Art Meets Activism Grants Go To Area Artists . WKMS . 2012-07-12 . 2012-09-14.
2. Web site: Festivals and Workshops . Murray State University > Festivals and Workshops . Murraystate.edu . 2012-09-14.
3. Web site: KFW Grant Recipients . Kfw.org . 2012-09-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120813074657/http://www.kfw.org/grrec.html . 2012-08-13 .
4. Web site: 60x60 Athena Mix . 60x60.com . 2012-09-14.
5. Web site: American Music Center . Amc.net . 2012-09-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120423052153/http://www.amc.net/SabrinaPenaYoung . 2012-04-23 .
6. Web site: Sabrina Pena Young News Article . Artistopia.com . 2012-09-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140606223935/http://www.artistopia.com/sabrinapenayoung/news/2152 . 2014-06-06 .
7. Web site: Judith Lang Zaimont . Sai-national.org . 2012-09-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101220064702/http://sai-national.org/home/ComposersBureau/ZaimontJudithlang/tabid/438/Default.aspx . 2010-12-20 . dead .