Monday Link Round Up: May 2, 2016

News to start your week!   Tim Rutherford-Johnson reviews Liza Lim’s new opera, Tree of Codes, in Limelight Magazine.  His take: it should not be missed!   Charlotte Higgins of The Guardian reviews the just published book, Songs and Sweet Airs by Anna...
Celebrating Uncommon Women in New Haven

Celebrating Uncommon Women in New Haven

Tomorrow, April 28, the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, winner of a WPA Performance Grant, will be performing Joan Tower’s Second Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman. Known today to be on of the most prolific and performed living American composers, Tower’s...

Monday Link Round Up: April 25, 2016

News to start your week!   Conductor JoAnn Falletta, who leads the Buffalo Philharmonic and Virginia Symphony, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.  Read the press release here.   Estonian World has an in depth interview with...
Composers You Should Know: Ethel Smyth

Composers You Should Know: Ethel Smyth

Saturday, April 23 marks the 158th birthday of Dame Ethel Smyth. Known for going against norms (defying her father in receiving a music education, composed operas in Victorian England, fiercely advocated for women’s rights and women’s suffrage, and was not...
Composers You Should Know: Germaine Tailleferre

Composers You Should Know: Germaine Tailleferre

This past Tuesday, April 19, marked the 124th birthday of French composer Germaine Tailleferre.  She is remembered predominately for being the only female member of Les Six, a group of French composers (other members included Louis Durey, Arthur Honegger, Darius...