Feminist in the Concert Hall
Music All Weekend
We continue to march on towards the end of the 2015-2016 concert season, and this weekend is full of concerts featuring works by women composers. We are also proud that we were able to support so many great ensembles - from coast to coast - with WPA Performance...
Choral Work by Ethel Smyth in U.S. Premiere—May 14-1
UPDATE: Read a review of the "The Prison"s American debut. While composer Ethel Smyth (1858-1944) has some name recognition, one of her most important works, the concert-length cantata "The Prison", has never been performed in the U.S.. An amazing NYC- choir, Cantori,...
Celebrate Mothers of Music in May
Though we think we should celebrate women composers every day, but the month of May seems especially appropriate to celebrate the foremothers of music. Be sure to download and share the May calendar which celebrates contemporary women (Judith Weir, Tania Leon,...
Remembering Ursula Mamlok
It is with great sadness that we share the news of Ursula Mamlok's death. Born in Germany in 1923, Mamlok and her family fled the Nazis to Ecuador when she was only 17. She received a scholarship to study at the Mannes School of Music in New York City. Her...
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 Beer,...
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 piece, like...