The Reed Music Department is pleased to host a lecture-recital presented by local professional vocal ensemble In Mulieribus, featuring two of our private voice instructors, Sarah Beaty and Madeline Ross.

In Mulieribus, a Portland-based women’s chamber vocal ensemble, offers a lecture-recital titled “Sappho: Whispers of Desire" that centers on the enduring legacy of Sappho, the extraordinarily prolific and influential poet of ancient Greece. Though her lyric poetry revolutionized the genre, Sappho’s voice has been historically marginalized. This project aims to help restore a misunderstood and eclipsed figure to her rightful place in cultural history through the performance of musical settings of Sappho’s poetry, spanning composers from Brahms to contemporary voices.

Renowned classics scholar Dr. Ellen Greene, author of the first anthology of Sappho scholarship whose research examines diverse critical approaches to her poetry, will offer insights into the curated repertoire and provide contextual understanding of Sappho’s life and work.