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Powerhouse Museum — Sydney, Australia
November 12, 2016 @ 10:30 am EST
10.15am – 10.30am: Women in Jazz talk
10.30am – 1pm: Screening of The Girls in the Band in the Powerhouse Theatre.
Meet the director, Judy Chaikin following the screening.
The Girls in the Band tells the poignant, untold stories of female jazz and big band instrumentalists and their fascinating, ground-breaking journeys from the late 30s to the present day.
These incredibly talented women endured sexism, racism and diminished opportunities for decades, yet continued to persevere, inspire and elevate their talents in a field that seldom welcomed them. Today, there is a new breed of gifted young women taking their rightful place in the world of jazz, which can no longer deny their talents.
Director: Judy Chaikin,
Initial Release: 2014, 88 min.
1.30pm-2.30pm: Instrument Tour
Join curator Damian McDonald as he gives a presentation and talk about some of the more beautiful and strange musical instruments from The Powerhouse Museum collection. From Ed Kuepper’s guitar to an early 20th century Photoplayer that supplied the music for the silent movie era.
2.30pm – 3.30pm: Free performance by the Young Women’s Jazz Orchestra in the Turbine Hall of the Powerhouse Museum.