Thinking about, and grieving for, Orlando. ArtsHub published an article by Sally Macarthur, Cat Hope, and Dawn Bennett highlights the gender disparities for women composers in Australia. (The original version of the article was published on The...
The Kronos Quartet has announced an exciting new project titled Fifty for the Future. From the Kronos Quartet website: Kronos’ Fifty for the Future is commissioning a collection of 50 new works – 10 per year for five years – devoted to the most contemporary...
News to start your week! One of the famous stories of music history is the way in which Bach’s music fell into obscurity after his death to be rediscovered later by Felix Mendelssohn. I’ve just been made aware of the work of Bach scholar Christoph Wolff...
Don’t forget to download your free WPA Calendar for June! One of the great challenges in researching the work of women composers is often just how little information is readily available. While some composers chose to destroy their own work, others have their...
I am delighted to share the Women Composers Festival of Hartford’s announcement for the 2017 Festival, which will take place March 30-April 2. Each year the organizers masterfully balance a range of contemporary and historic music performances, works by the...
