by Kathleen McGowan | Aug 18, 2025
As summer hurtles towards a close, we hope your week is off to a great start! On September 13, 2025 Karen Slack (soprano) will bring her concert celebration of historic African Queens to the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, presented by Portland Opera (Oregon)....
by Kathleen McGowan | Aug 11, 2025
On August 8th, the Community Women’s Orchestra (Oakland, CA) announced that Samantha Burgess, the ensemble’s 2024/25 season interim Music Director, will be their next Music Director beginning in Season 41 (2025/26). Samantha has joyfully led the ensemble...
by Kathleen McGowan | Aug 6, 2025
On Friday July 18, the BBC Symphony Orchestra opened the 131st season of the Proms festival. Amid the household names of classical repertoire—Mendelssohn’s Hebrides overture, Sibelius’s violin concerto, Vaughan Williams’s Sancta civitas—was a new addition: the world...
by Kathleen McGowan | Aug 4, 2025
It’s a great week for fans of music by women! The Schneider Concert Series in New York have announced a new series of six Sunday Matinee concerts for the 2025/26 season at The New School. The series will highlight music by American women composers on each...
by Kathleen McGowan | Jul 28, 2025
News to start your week! The Tapestry Opera’s Women in Musical Leadership (WML) program has announced two graduations and three new members, each with a constellation of musical achievements and awards to her name. Conductors Maria Fuller and Naomi Woo, members of the...
