Composers You Should Know: Elfrida Andrée

by sarah | Feb 18, 2016

Happy birthday to  Swedish organist, composer, and conductor Elfrida Andrée!   She made history as being the first woman organist in Sweden, as well as the first Swedish woman to conduct a symphony orchestra.  Andrée’s work as a composer includes two organ symphonies,...

Monday Link Round Up: February 15, 2016

by sarah | Feb 15, 2016

News to start your week! Singer and doctoral candidate Catherine Gardner is conducting research on the effects of pregnancy on singers.  Take part in her research by responding to her (anonymous) survey available on her website.   On an Overgrown Path reminded...

Featured Guest Blogger: Carol Cubberley on (RE)Discovering Amanda Maier

by Liane Curtis | Feb 11, 2016

Carol Cubberley, a freelance violinist in Boston, MA, became interested in uncovering music by women while at Boston Conservatory, and chose to play only music composed by women at her masters recital.  In 2013 Carol was the violinist for the Apple Hill Festival...

Composers You Should Know: Jean Coulthard

by sarah | Feb 10, 2016

Today marks the 108th birthday of Canadian composer and educator Jean Coulthard. Coulthard’s formal music education began at the Royal Conservatory of Music with Ralph Vaughan Williams. Later, she studied with Béla Bartók, Aaron Copland, and Arnold Schoenberg....

Monday Link Round Up: February 8, 2016

by sarah | Feb 8, 2016

News to start your week! The City of Birmingham Symphony has officially announced that Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla will in fact become the new music director.  Read the official press release here.  The reaction to her appointment has been fantastically positive – the...