by sarah | Jul 30, 2018
News and music to start your week! A fascinating article by composer Jenny Giering who compares her own experiences with visions she experienced with migraines and the visions described by Abbess Hildegard von Bingen as she received music and instruction. It is...
by sarah | Jul 23, 2018
News and music to start your week! Pianist and musicologist Samantha Ege writes at Sound Studies blog — Sounding Out! — about her recent performance at the Australian Gender Diversity in Making Music conference – where she (most probably) gave the...
by sarah | Jul 16, 2018
News and music to start your week! The 2018 BBC Proms are off and running (ICYMI here are the statistics of women’s representation we put together). Anna Meredith had a piece presented at First Night at the Proms and spoke to Fiona Maddocks about her work....
by sarah | Jul 12, 2018
The 2018 BBC Proms kicks off today, Friday, July 13 and continues with extensive programming through September. The annual event features what is considered the best of the best in contemporary classical music programming with ensembles, soloists, and conductors from...
by sarah | Jul 9, 2018
News and music to start your week! The mission of Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy focuses on leveling the playing field for women composers. The inequities are obvious in our oft-quoted statistics that show the prolific accomplishments of women composers who...
