Happy 132nd birthday to Marguerite Béclard d’Harcourt! A French composer and ethnomusicologist. d’Harcourt studied composition with Abel Decaux, Vincent d’Indy, and Maurice Emmauel. Her compositional output included works for large and small ensembles, including...
News to start your week! It was announced this week that Kaija Saaraiho will be the first woman since Ethel Smyth to hear her opera performed at the Met – making her the second woman ever. The New York Times has the story. For some perspective, the Times also...
Congratulations to the Community Women’s Orchestra and Hartford Independent Chamber Orchestra – both WPA Performance Grant winners presenting works by women composers in concerts this weekend! This Saturday, February 20, the Hartford Independent Chamber...
Happy birthday to Swedish organist, composer, and conductor Elfrida Andrée! She made history as being the first woman organist in Sweden, as well as the first Swedish woman to conduct a symphony orchestra. Andrée’s work as a composer includes two organ symphonies,...
News to start your week! Singer and doctoral candidate Catherine Gardner is conducting research on the effects of pregnancy on singers. Take part in her research by responding to her (anonymous) survey available on her website. On an Overgrown Path reminded...
