Tuesday, November 26, 20246:30 PM

Keller Room

This lecture demonstrates how Elise Hall (1853–1924), a prominent wealthy socialite in Boston at the turn of the twentieth century, defied social norms by mastering the saxophone, an unconventional instrument for a woman of her time. Given the scarcity of saxophone repertoire at that time, Hall commissioned several works for the instrument including Charles Loeffler's Ballad...