Author: Liane Curtis
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Met Opera to stream Kaija Saariaho’s Opera, L’amour de loin on May 6-7
We are happy to report that the Met Opera’s ongoing daily streams (offered in response to their cancelling the remainder of their season because of COVID-19) will feature a work by a woman, Kaija Saariaho’s “L’amour de loin,” on Wed. May 6. Watch it on the Met website or through the Met App. More info…
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On her birthday, thoughts about Ethel Smyth
By Robyn Bramhall — Our author is a WPA Board Member and Secretary who has been involved with WPA since our inception, and who also worked with The Women’s Philharmonic for almost the entirety of its influential and important lifespan, including serving as its President. Today we celebrate the birth of Dame Ethel Smyth (1858-1944),…
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Quinn Mason on Vítězslava Kaprálová
Once again, we are happy to welcome Quinn Mason (fresh from his Seattle conducting debut) as Guest Blogger! He offers his insights on Vítězslava Kaprálová, in particular two of her orchestral works, Rustic Suite (1938) and Military Sinfonietta (1936-1937). Vítězslava Kaprálová Brief biographical sketch Vítězslava Kaprálová was born in Brno on January 24, 1915, the…
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Remembering Karin Pendle (by Annie Janeiro Randall)
Annie Janeiro Randall, Professor of Music at Bucknell University, is the author of Dusty! Queen of the Postmods and editor of Music, Power, and Politics. We invited her to share her remembrance of Prof. Karin Pendle, and are happy to offer her thoughts, below. We mentioned Prof. Pendle’s passing a few weeks ago and linked to Dr.…