Join Kathryn Libin, Associate Professor of Music at Vassar College, as she speaks of the instruments and musical contemporaries of Jane Austen's time. She will also present a Power Point slide show - as well as give us the chance to listen to musical recordings. A not-to-be-missed event for anyone who loves Jane Austen, or who finds this time period fascinating.

 Ms. Libin studies and interprets musical issues in the life and writings of Jane Austen. She has given numerous presentations at national and regional meetings of the Jane Austen Society of North America, and served as musical director for JASNA’s 25th anniversary meeting in England in 2003. Ms. Libin's latest publication is "Daily Practice, Musical Accomplishment, and the Example of Jane Austen," in Jane Austen and the Arts: Elegance, Propriety, and Harmony (Lehigh University Press, 2013).