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...
The Guardian has a great piece up highlighting “Classical Music Moonlighters”. The list of composers who worked on music after they finished their day jobs includes: Ethel Smyth (who was a composer first and turned to writing books – including a...
It seems as though my newsfeed has been full of stories related to women and music in recent days. The flurry of activity, almost entirely connected to Women’s History Month – and the BBC Radio 3 devoting so much air time to women composers –...
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day – arguably, one of American’s favorite holidays to celebrate – here is “Irish Love Song” by Margaret Ruthvan Lang. Lang was the first American woman to have an orchestral composition performed...
