Amy Beach on the World Stage! … and more, Happy IWD!!

by Liane Curtis | Mar 6, 2026

In celebration of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, we are happy to highlight two important concerts happening this weekend! The Chicago Sinfonietta presents Still I Rise, a concert of all women composers, led by Mei-Ann Chen, on March 6...

September 5, Amy Beach’s 158th birthday!

by Liane Curtis | Sep 5, 2025

TODAY is Amy Beach’s 158th birthday!  Let’s celebrate recent successes, and upcoming important performances, as recognition of Beach’s music continues to grow! A few of the recent successes:   March saw the release of a spectacular all-Beach orchestral music CD by the...

Amy Beach

by Gaston | Apr 13, 2025

Amy Beach. Amy Beach (1867-1944) is known as the first female composer to have a symphony performed by a major orchestra (her “Gaelic” Symphony, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1896), she was also one of the first U.S. composers to have her music be...

AMY BEACH news!

by Liane Curtis | Apr 3, 2025

Big Happenings with Amy Beach’s music!!  The Munich Symphony (Münchner Symphoniker), led by Joseph Bastian, has released a new all-Amy Beach recording, featuring her monumental Symphony op. 32 “Gaelic” and also three world premiere recordings: her concert arias...

Happy 157th Birthday, Amy Beach!

by Liane Curtis | Sep 5, 2024

September 5 — Happy Birthday, Amy Beach —  We are proud to be making much of her music available in our carefully edited and reasonably priced editions! and TBT —  7 years since this wonderful article in the NY Times, to celebrate her 150th!! Much...