Monday Link Round Up: September 14, 2015

by sarah | Sep 14, 2015

There was a lot of great news over the weekend – time to catch up for the week ahead! Great news for Jessy McCabe and everyone who signed the Change.org petition to include works by women composers in the Edexcel curriculum – change is coming!  McCabe...

Featured Guest Blogger: Virginia Eskin reviews new book on Bauer Sisters

by Liane Curtis | Sep 10, 2015

This article was reprinted in April 2020, by the Boston Musical Intelligencer, with the provoking title “An American Scriabin?”  Today’s Featured Guest Blogger is the renowned pianist, educator and radio journalist Virginia Eskin.  A Boston and New...

Princeton Symphony Season Celebrates Women

by sarah | Sep 9, 2015

The 2015-2016 orchestral season is already upon us!  As we get caught up with the season offerings and who is, and who isn’t, programming works by women this season, let’s start off with a bang – the Princeton Symphony Orchestra is featuring at least...

Monday Link Round Up: September 7, 2015

by sarah | Sep 7, 2015

Happy Labor Day, everyone!  As we pause to reflect on the history of American workers – let’s take some time to be grateful for women’s work in music in particular. In honor of again conducting the final night of the BBC Proms, Marin Alsop was...

Happy Birthday, Amy Beach!

by sarah | Sep 4, 2015

Saturday (September 5) marks the 148th birthday of American composer Amy Beach. She is remembered today as being the first American woman to achieve acclaim as a symphonist.  Her first (and only symphony), which was subtitled “Gaelic”, was premiered by the...