Julia Wolfe Wins Pulitzer

Julia Wolfe Wins Pulitzer

Congratulations to Julia Wolfe on winning the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Anthracite Fields.  The piece is an oratorio inspired and based on the lives of Pennsylvania coal miners.  It was commissioned by the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia. Their website is full of...

Recognizing Operas by Women

Last week it was announced that Opera America will be awarding Discovery Grants to seven women composers in support of the development of their operas.  The Opera Grants for Female Composers program is funded by The Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation, which also funds the...
Tania León at Harvard

Tania León at Harvard

Composer Tania León will be at Harvard TODAY at 4:00 p.m. for a conversation about her work and music.  León will be discussing many aspects of her career including her work in composition, conducting, teaching, and arts leadership. The event is free and open to the...
Mount Holyoke Plays Hopekirk

Mount Holyoke Plays Hopekirk

The Mount Holyoke Symphony Orchestra, winner of a 2014 Performance Grant, will have their final concert of the season on Friday, April 17 featuring Helen Hopekirk’s Concertstück. Helen Hopekirk (1856-1945) was a Scottish pianist and composer who immigrated to...
IAWM 2015 Congress

IAWM 2015 Congress

The International Alliance for Women in Music is holding their Congress this week in an exciting and wonderfully inclusive and accessible online format. The 20th Anniversary Congress is completely online with live-streamed concerts, papers, and lecture-recitals....