by Kathleen McGowan | Aug 17, 2026
By Kathleen McGowan Let’s get your week off t an exciting start! On August 16, the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra will perform Anna Clyne’s tone poem Masquerade (2013), under the baton of Marin Alsop. Alsop conducted the premiere of the work thirteen...
by Kathleen McGowan | Aug 10, 2026
By Kathleen McGowan There’s lots to listen to by women this week! On August 10 at the Tanglewood Festival’s Seiji Ozawa Festival Hall, the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra will perform a concert celebrating American opera including arias from Gabriela...
by Kathleen McGowan | Aug 3, 2026
By Kathleen McGowan There’s lots of music by women to listen to and read about this week! Before covering upcoming events this week, Katherine Needleman—professional oboist and principal of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; composer and improviser; writer and...
by Kathleen McGowan | Jul 27, 2026
By Kathleen McGowan On July 29, musicians of the Three Choirs Festival will perform at Gloucester Cathedral. Included in their performance are two pieces by Cecilia McDowall: the orchestral version premiere of her A Song for St. Cecilia and Rain, Steam, and Speed...
by Kathleen McGowan | Jul 20, 2026
By Kathleen McGowan There are lots of women to listen to this week! The Madison Symphony Orchestra (MSO) has named Laura Jackson its next music director, only the fifth to hold the position in the Orchestra’s 100-year history. She will begin her tenure for the 2027-28...
