A Weekend of Music by Women

A Weekend of Music by Women

This coming weekend will see three different performances of 2014 Performance Grant winners!   The Sheboygan Symphony will perform three works by Ana Milosavljevic on February 7 –  Red (2013) for orchestra,  the World Premiere of Reflections (2013) for...

New Kaija Saariaho Recording

Thanks to Q2 Music for their feature and review of the new CD of Kaija Saariaho’s works!  Reviewer Daniel Stephen Johnson says this about Saariaho: In an era when the very notion of a classical “masterpiece” has all but fallen apart in the face of...
The 100th Birthday of Vítězslava Kaprálová

The 100th Birthday of Vítězslava Kaprálová

Artistic directors, conductors, and radio playlist makers, love to acknowledge composer birthdays.  In fact, we just discussed how significant birthdays can impact programming on a national level as orchestras include tribute concerts in their annual programming.  ...
Celebrating Florence Price

Celebrating Florence Price

The work to level the playing field for women composers means more than encouraging the inclusion of compositions by women on concert programs.  Advocating for women can mean helping the wider public to become familiar even with the names of significant figures.  Most...
Fresno Philharmonic Performs Gabriela Lena Frank

Fresno Philharmonic Performs Gabriela Lena Frank

As we mentioned earlier, there was an enthusiastic response to the 2014 Performance Grants in support of hearing more works by women composers.  The first concert is already right around the corner! The Fresno Philharmonic  will feature Gabriela Lena...