Kirsten Paige ∙ Irna Priore Music and Culture Lecture Series
The Irna Priore Music and Culture Lecture Series presents Dr. Kirsten Paige (North Carolina State University) in a lecture exploring the global history of the piano beyond Europe’s urban centers. Focusing on the South Asian firm Misquith & Co., Paige examines the connections among pianos, colonial trade, and environmental change, highlighting the instrument’s creative reimagining by court musicians under the penultimate King of Burma.