Don’t forget to download your free WPA Calendar for June! One of the great challenges in researching the work of women composers is often just how little information is readily available. While some composers chose to destroy their own work, others have their...
I am delighted to share the Women Composers Festival of Hartford’s announcement for the 2017 Festival, which will take place March 30-April 2. Each year the organizers masterfully balance a range of contemporary and historic music performances, works by the...
Today we are celebrating Memorial Day in the United States – a time to reflect, remember, and be grateful for those who have served in the armed forces. We wish everyone a meaningful day spent with friends and family, and listening to powerful and provocative...
News to start your week! NPR’s Weekend Edition featured a conversation with Anna Beer and her new book, Sounds and Sweet Airs: The Forgotten Women of Classical Music. (Purchase your copy here!) Read the conversation on the NPR website, or listen below! ...
The New Haven Symphony Orchestra will be performing the second movement of a new work by Hannah Lash this Thursday (May 19), which is supported in part by a WPA Performance Grant. As composer in residence for the NHSO, Lash is composing a symphony inspired by the...
