AFCM 2025 Program by Day

AFCM Illuminates combines insightful lectures and live performance, offering a unique fusion of knowledge and sound.

Today, award-winning broadcaster and composer Andrew Ford takes you on a lively journey through thousands of years of music. In The Shortest History of Music, Part 1, he asks how music began and evolved, and shows how it has always occupied the most private and public parts of our lives. From lullabies to court music, from the home to the world stage, from the folk song to the symphony: music reflects every aspect of our lives.

Start Time: 3:00pm I Finish Time: 4:00pm

Tickets from $39 (Friends Exclusive Price) General Admission: $42 Concession: $41 Under 30: $30​

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