Feminist in the Concert Hall
Monday Link Round Up: March 20, 2017
News to start your week! We were just made aware of Gramophone's contribution in honor of International Women's Day. They've compiled a list of historic female composers that are worth listening to and - perhaps most notably - have decent recordings available....
Works by Women this Weekend
It's another full weekend of concerts featuring the works of historic and contemporary women composers - from coast to coast! We are proud to have been able to support both of these organizations through WPA Performance Grants. On the East Coast the National String...
Monday Link Round Up: March 13, 2017
News to start your week! In line with the conversations that have been taking place in honor of Women's History Month and International Women's Day, The Guardian has a fantastic op-ed by Susanna Eastburn, head of Scotland's Sound and Music, about why women are worthy...
Rarely Heard Work in San Francisco this Weekend
The Bay Area Rainbow Symphony is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to promoting and supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer identified (LGBTQ) musicians and composers toward the goal of broad crossover appeal and excellence in the performing...
International Women’s Day
We hope that you are able to participate in International Women's Day and #DayWithoutAWoman in whatever way you can. Stay home. Wear red. And tune in to the different radio stations that are making it a point to include works by women composers throughout today....
Monday Link Round Up: March 6, 2017
News to start your week! The Guardian has reviews of two new CDs of works by women. The first are works for piano and orchestra, including the Amy Beach Concerto, Dorothy Howell's D Minor Concerto, and Cécile Chaminade's Konzertstück. Read the review here. There is...