{"id":48730,"date":"2017-09-14T12:12:16","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T19:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=48730"},"modified":"2017-09-14T14:47:28","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T21:47:28","slug":"horizons-concert-series-trombonist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/horizons-concert-series-trombonist\/","title":{"rendered":"NAU&#8217;s ongoing Horizons Concert Series welcomes renowned trombonist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Abbie Conant, one of the best trombonists in the world, will perform at Northern Arizona University as part of its ongoing Horizons Concert Series at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18, in Ashurst Hall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Conant, known for breaking barriers for women in the music world, will sing and play numerous instruments during \u201cAletheia<i>\u201d<\/i>\u2014a musical theater work composed by William Osborne. \u201cAletheia<i>\u201d<\/i>\u00a0is Greek for \u201ccreating a space where truth can appear\u201d and features singing, instrumental music, computer-controlled piano and quadraphonic electronics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbbie Conant is a phenom as a performing trombonist, actress, teacher and inspirational advocate for women\u2019s rights in the orchestral world,\u201d says\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/cal\/music\/\"><span class=\"s2\">School of Music<\/span><\/a>\u00a0director <strong>Todd Sullivan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Conant\u2019s struggles against sexism in the orchestral world are legendary. Her fight and victory against gender discrimination in the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra where she won the position for principal trombone, inspired generations of women musicians and international media coverage. Conant and Osborne have received critical acclaim from performances in more than 165 cities in America and Europe. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tickets are $20.00 for general admission, $12.50 for seniors and NAU employees and free for students and youth. <a href=\"http:\/\/nau.edu\/cto\">Tickets can be purchased online<\/a> or by calling (928) 523-5661.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Complimentary parking is available for Horizons Concert Series goers and NAU Art Museum\u00a0receptions\u00a0in lots P3 (behind Gammage), P8 (north of the College of Education on Knoles Dr.) and P4 (ADA stalls near Ashurst\u2014must have hangtag). <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.nau.edu\/nau-map\/\">A campus map can be found online.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/horizons-concert-series-trombonist\/\">Abbie Conant, one of the best trombonists in the world, will perform at Northern Arizona University as part of its ongoing Horizons Concert Series at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18, in Ashurst Hall. Conant, known for breaking barriers for women in the music world, will sing and play numerous instruments during \u201cAletheia\u201d\u2014a musical theater work&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":48731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-happenings"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}