Diane Monroe, violin, with PUBLIQuartet

Diane Monroe’s Violin Woman, African Dreams is inspired by the environment and by objects in The Colored Girls Museum, a unique house museum in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia. The work is a musical narrative reflecting on Monroe’s journey as a professional violinist, a black woman, a classical-jazz-blues woman, and a Philadelphian. The performance features the New York–based PUBLIQuartet, Yacouba Sissoko on West African kora, and percussion.

This concert is part of a series of performances by female violinists, showcasing the brilliance and stylistic versatility of the instrument from jazz, bluegrass, and baroque, to contemporary classical programs.