DALLAS - Lumedia Musicworks offers a sneak peek Aug. 20-27 of its 2021-22 season with the debut of a lighthearted film about Wilhelmine von Bayreuth and a performance of some of her work. It's part of nonprofit Lumedia's popular Stories series that includes tales and compositions of women in early music - music composed before 1750.

“We go into our fifth season with many clever ideas.” said Julianna Emanski of Frisco, Lumedia’s artistic director and a Grammy nominee. “Pair that with an excellent creative team, and you get a huge variety of offerings for 2021-22. The women’s Stories series is a great example of the innovative, entertaining, and fun approach we bring to performing early music.”

Lumedia Musicworks offers preview of its 2021-22 season. The season kicks off with an entertaining look at the life and music of Wilhelmine von Bayreuth. The fundraising event starts Aug. 20 and registration starts at $10.

Lumedia Musicworks offers a sneak peek Aug. 20-27 of its 2021-22 season with the debut of a lighthearted film about Wilhelmine von Bayreuth and a performance of some of her work. It’s part of nonprofit Lumedia’s popular Stories series that includes tales and compositions of women in early music - music composed before 1750.

HUGS go to … University of North Texas alumna Julianna Emanski, who just saw her project pick up an award of merit from the Best Shorts Film Competition in California. Emanski’s Lumedia Musicworks is a Dallas-Fort Worth early music company that braids baroque music into cinema, and the company won the award for “Eternal Source of Light,” which bookends Handel’s Furie Terribili and Eternal Source with a short story of a furious woman comforted by an understanding friend. The company is using social media to lure a new audience to old music. The short film was directed by Eliza P. Smith of Dallas, a music teacher at Dallas International School and a former member of Lumedia, and it was shot in “The Cave Without a Name” in Boerne.

Bayreuth (1709-1758), a Prussian princess and older sister of Frederick the Great, composed operas and chamber music. With a love for the arts, she built her German town of Bayreuth into a cultural mecca that attracted renowned artists, musicians, and philosophers. Future Stories feature comedic educational content and music performances about Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz; Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier and Countess of Provence; Claudia Sessa; and Belle van Zuylen. The series is directed by Jendi Tarde of Castle Hills in Lewisville.

Lumedia Musicworks offers a sneak peek Aug. 20-27 of its 2021-22 season with the debut of a lighthearted film about Wilhelmine von Bayreuth and a performance of some of her work. It's part of nonprofit Lumedia's popular Stories series that includes tales and compositions of women in early music - music composed before 1750.

“We go into our fifth season with many clever ideas.” said Julianna Emanski of Frisco, Lumedia’s artistic director and a Grammy nominee. “Pair that with an excellent creative team, and you get a huge variety of offerings for 2021-22. The women’s Stories series is a great example of the innovative, entertaining, and fun approach we bring to performing early music.”

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