The Allentown Symphony Orchestra, winner of a 2014 Performance Grant, will be giving the World Premiere of Ode to Joy Fanfare by Diane Wittry on Saturday, April 11. The work was written to precede Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Wittry has this to say about the...
The American Composers Orchestra, winner of a 2014 Performance Grant, will feature the world premiere of Sanctum by Courtney Bryan on Thursday, April 9. Bryan, who just completed her DMA in composition at Columbia, is an eclectic musician and composer, exploring...
A lot has been made of the attention that BBC Radio 3 has given to women composers surrounding International Women’s Day. But let’s not forget the wonderful radio hosts that devote time to women composers on a weekly basis and not just in honor of a...
Update: The Harvard Review reports on the conversation with Alsop, as she received the distinguished Luise Vosgerchian Teaching Award Original post: Internationally acclaimed conductor Marin Alsop will be at Harvard University on March 24 to receive the Luise...
With the flurry of activity surrounding Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, I’ve come across some excellent and affirming acknowledgements of women’s work in music in some unexpected places. There are many inspired and...
