Athena Festival

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The 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]

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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."

References

  1. ↑ "Art Meets Activism Grants Go To Area Artists". WKMS. 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
  2. ↑ Festivals and Workshops. "Murray State University > Festivals and Workshops". Murraystate.edu. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
  3. ↑ "KFW Grant Recipients". Kfw.org. Archived from the original on 2012-08-13. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
  4. ↑ "60x60 Athena Mix". 60x60.com. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
  5. ↑ "American Music Center". Amc.net. Archived from the original on 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
  6. ↑ "Sabrina Pena Young News Article". Artistopia.com. Archived from the original on 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
  7. ↑ "Judith Lang Zaimont". Sai-national.org. Archived from the original on 2010-12-20. Retrieved 2012-09-14.


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