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...
Today marks the 108th birthday of Canadian composer and educator Jean Coulthard. Coulthard’s formal music education began at the Royal Conservatory of Music with Ralph Vaughan Williams. Later, she studied with Béla Bartók, Aaron Copland, and Arnold Schoenberg....
