Student actor takes the stage to celebrate American composer Charles Ives

Illinois State University News

Grace Opyd started acting when she was a child, which makes the junior student actor at Illinois State University a stage veteran by now. But this week marks a breakout role as she appears in “Charles Ives: A Sesquicentennial Festival.” The festival honors the American composer and the 150th anniversary of his birth.

The festival is a joint project of the School of Music and the Department of History, with participation from the School of Theatre, Dance, and Film, along with support from the College of Arts and Sciences and the Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts.

The Charles Ives at 150 celebration is a project of the Music Unwound consortium, a National Endowment of the Humanities-funded initiative. The purpose of Music Unwound is to develop programs that emphasize the interconnection between music and the humanities.

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