MwaM is pleased to present award-winning soprano Olivia Doig Skaff performing Songs Motherhood Taught Me, with our very own Valerie Lorimer on piano. The performance will feature a variety of musical styles and genres including music from composers ranging from Schumann and Bellini to Sondheim and Rogers and Hart, as well as pieces by Valerie. In describing the performance and theme Olivia said, “While I love performing in larger concerts and productions, I think recitals are often a more intimate form of music in which the singer and pianist may choose to share more about their own personal stories. I became a mother four years ago and am looking forward to sharing some of the ways motherhood has changed me through song.” 

Donations will be taken to benefit MU5IC4GOOD, an organization made up of passionate students from Naperville Central High School. Its goal is to raise awareness throughout the community about the rising rates of autism, its impact, the benefits of music therapy for children with autism, and the importance of early intervention.