Listen to This: Margaret Bonds

Listen to This: Margaret Bonds

Margaret Bonds (March 3, 1913 – April 26, 1972), was an American composer, pianist, and educator. She is most remembered for her collaborations with poet Langston Hughes. Born and raised in Chicago, she was a student of Florence Price and William Dawson. She...
2024 Women Composers Festival of Hartford

2024 Women Composers Festival of Hartford

What better way to kick off Women’s History Month than a festival of work by women composers? The Women Composers Festival of Hartford will hold their annual event this weekend (March 1 & March 2, 2024) on the campus of Central Connecticut State University. Each...
Listen to This: Dorothy Howell

Listen to This: Dorothy Howell

Dorothy Howell (February 25, 1898 – January 12, 1982) was an English composer and pianist, who earned great acclaim during her lifetime. Born in Birmingham, Howell was a student at the Royal Academy of Music when she was 15 years old. The work that led her...
Listen to This: Ruth Gipps

Listen to This: Ruth Gipps

Ruth Gipps (February 20, 1921-February 21, 1999) was an English composer, oboist, pianist, conductor, and educator. Her tremendous compositional output includes five symphonies, seven concerto, and a vast number of chamber and choral works. Gipps was a child prodigy,...
Listen to This: Elsa Barraine

Listen to This: Elsa Barraine

Elsa Barraine (February 13, 1910 – March 20, 1999) was a French composer who worked in Paris just after the neoclassicist movement of Les Six, Ravel, and Stravinsky. Born into a musical family, she attended the Paris Conservatorie, and won the Prix de Rome in...