Just stumbled across this brilliant archival footage of the British Women’s Symphony Orchestra: THE BRITISH WOMEN’S SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The ensemble was founded in 1922 (this clip is from 1934). Thanks to http://www.britishpathe.com/ for the video,...
Tania León (b. 1943) is a Cuban born composer and conductor. She began studying piano at the age of four and went on to complete a Bachelor’s Degree at the Alfredo Peyrellade Conservatory and a Master’s Degree from National Conservatory. She settled in...
Dana Suesse (1909-1987), born in Kansas City, Montana, was a child vaudeville star who eventually left the circuit and moved to New York with her mother when she was just seventeen. There she began to compose larger works and made a name for herself. Among her more...
Rolande Falcinelli (1920-2006) was a French born organist, pianist, composer, and educator. Falcinelli studied at the Paris Conservatory, and her teachers included Marcel Dupré. Falcinelli studied and performed Dupré’s works throughout her life, once playing a...
Today’s events at the Rochester Women in Music Festival feature works by Suzanne Sorkin. Sorkin (b. 1977) has been in featured in festivals throughout the United States and is actively commissioned (including from the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard...
