Feminist in the Concert Hall
Monday Link Round Up: August 31, 2015
Some links to start your week: The Peabody Conservatory has announced that Marin Alsop will be taking over as Director of Graduate Conducting. A fantastic appointment! Read the press release here. We've been keeping up with the Change.org petition started by 17 year...
Contemporary Symphonies
The current issue of The New Yorker includes a column by Alex Ross in which he explores the ways in which the symphony has transformed in new music. As one would expect, it covered the most familiar names with only a few surprises (including Gloria Coates who, to...
California Premiere of Street Requiem
We wrote about this fantastic project in January when the work received its U.S. Premiere. The Cantata,which addressed topics of homelessness and street violence, is an impressive undertaking and seemingly builds community wherever it is presented. As we saw earlier...
Announcing the 2015 Performance Grants
As we strive to encourage better representation for works by women in concert halls and classrooms, we acknowledge that there are continued obstacles that educators, administrations, and ensembles need to overcome - including financial barriers. For this reason we at...
Monday Link Round Up: August 24, 2015
Start the week off right with some fresh links: We wrote last week about Jessy McCabe, the student in London who is petitioning for the school curriculum and exams to include works by women. Her petition is closing in on 2,500 signatures, and there is still time to...
Celebrating 75 Years at Tanglewood
The annual Tanglewood Festival hosts thousands of concert goers each year, drawn to the beautiful scenery and amazing music at the Boston Symphony Orchestra's summer home. Over the past 75 years, the Tanglewood Music Center has also drawn devotees annually - but as...