Theme ideas:

Fashioning Music:
A series of exhibits featuring Cornell University Library materials about music and textiles

Exhibit 1: Songs to Leave You in Stitches: the story of the ILGWU's musical Pins & Needles

  • Opening Sept. 23rd 
    • 5:15pm Music Library, Room 316 - a short performance of songs from the original 1937 musical 
  • Closing Dec. 2022

Exhibit 2: Iconic Ensembles: Performers and their Costumes

  • Opening January 2023; closing early April 2023

Exhibit 3: Drop the Needle: Cornellians' favorite songs about fabrics and textile production 

  • Opening Mid-April 2023; closing July 2023


Opening date:

Curator/s"

Lenora Schneller

Caitlin Mathes (Pins & Needles)


Presenters/Performers ideas:

Exhibit 1 (Pins & Needles) - Opening performance with Caitlin Mathes and Bill Cowdery. See exhibit info.




Consider a performance element for opening: concert in library, Midday Music,

Are there composers doing sound installations involving textiles?

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