by Liane Curtis | Jan 17, 2020
An article published by New Music Box on Sept. 1, 1999, celebrates The Women’s Philharmonic as one of twenty orchestras that are making a special commitment to new American music. Author Andrew Druckenbrod notes that TWP … has commissioned 35 works since...
by Liane Curtis | Jan 2, 2020
Happy New Year! We are starting a TBT “Throwback Thursday” series to highlight some of the achievements of The Women’s Philharmonic, the great and influential ensemble (1980-2004). I was reading some work by music critic Joshua Kosman, and I came...
by Liane Curtis | Dec 30, 2019
Joshua Kosman is my favorite music critic. His energy, devotion, precision in focusing on the important issues as well as having a perspective on “the big picture” mean that I never tire of reading his work. I often ponder how fortunate the Bay Area of...
by Liane Curtis | Dec 2, 2019
News and music to start your week! This week we learned of the amazing Ofentse Pitse (pictured above) – the 27 year old South African is the first conductor and CEO of an all-black orchestra, called Anchored Sound. Learn more about composer Tania León at the Library...
by Liane Curtis | Nov 25, 2019
News and music to start your week! Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto was performed at Susquehanna University under the baton of Jordan Randall Smith this past weekend! One of the performances honoring her 200th year! Read more here. Andrew Clements of The Guardian has...
