News and music to start your week! The Philadelphia Orchestra has announced that they have discovered letters from Clara Schumann in their archives! This is just after Clara’s 200th birthday celebration in which many world-famous ensembles spoke about her...
News and music to start your week! History was made at the Philadelphia Orchestra when they performed Umoja by Valerie Coleman – the first classical work by a living African American woman that they have every performed. Read more at The Philadelphia Inquirer....
News and music to start the week! There was a lot of coverage of Clara Schumann’s 200th Birthday on Friday! Read more through the Library of Congress blog, from Isata Kanneh-Mason (who recently recorded Clara’s works for piano) at The Guardian, find a...
News and music to start your week! The topic of women’s bodies – and body shaming – is not new to the world of classical music, and opera in particular. In recent news, soprano Kathryn Lewek received more words on her body in a review than about her...
Celebrating women’s work in music – today and every day! Happy Labor Day (in the U.S.!) An excellent new Podcast from Listening to Ladies was just released with Elizabeth Blair speaking to Eleanor Alberga. Don’t miss it! NPR’s All Things...
