Hello everyone! Please join us *tonight (Monday Nov 8) at 8pm Eastern *for an evening with *Gaelynn Lea*, violinist, vocalist, and disability activist. You can watch the livestream on YouTube <https://youtu.be/3bAFJYpVrm0>. Live, human-generated captions will be provided via CART. *The event is free and open to the public!* Gaelynn Lea will perform original songs, share her take on traditional fiddle tunes, discuss her experiences as a disabled touring artist, and answer your questions live! You can submit questions in advance by emailing emclain@vt.edu or via the chat function on YouTube <https://youtu.be/3bAFJYpVrm0>during the concert. The 2016 winner of NPR's Tiny Desk Contest, Gaelynn Lea is composing and performing music for the new production of Macbeth <https://macbethbroadway.com/>on Broadway directed by Sam Gold, starring Daniel Craig & Ruth Negga, and opening April 2022 at the Lyceum Theatre in NYC. Gaelynn Lea is a co-founder and Vice President of RAMPD <http://rampd.org/index.html> - Recording Artists & Music Professionals with Disabilities, a new organization that amplifies disability culture, promotes inclusion, and advocates for accessibility within the music industry. For more information, please see the Event Page, <https://www.performingarts.vt.edu/performances/2021/11/sopa-gaelynnleatressler.html> the VT News article <https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2021/10/sopa-gaelynnlea.html>, and Gaelynn Lea's website <https://violinscratches.com/>. This concert is part of the Music on Mondays series from the School of Performing Arts, and it is supported by a National Science Foundation grant, "Disability, Experience, and Technological Imagination." <https://liberalarts.vt.edu/news/articles/2018/07/national-science-foundation-award-for-research-into-technologies.html> Please join us & share with your networks! -- Elizabeth McLain Instructor of Musicology School of Performing Arts Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University