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...
by Kathleen McGowan | Jul 21, 2025
This week four of our five stories feature women of African descent! The first performance of the African Women’s Orchestra will take place during the Rewind, Remix, Reclaim Festival at the Goethe Institute, in Nairobi. The festival runs from 15–25 July 2025,...
by Kathleen McGowan | Jul 14, 2025
We hope you are having a beautiful summer! Here’s some news to start your week! On Sunday July 20th at 7PM, BBC Radio Scotland will present an all-women composers program of classical music. The program will be available for streaming shortly after the live...
