Feminist in the Concert Hall
Monday Link Round Up: June 15
Here are some top stories from over the weekend: Anne Midgette of the Washington Post has a great profile of Kim Pensinger Witman, Senior Director of The Wolf Trap Opera and classical programming at Wolf Trap. You can also follow Witman's blog here. June is Black...
Iceland Symphony Orchestra Celebrates Women Composers
Iceland is celebrating the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote - and in honor of the occasion the Iceland Symphony Orchestra presented a concert June 11 featuring the works of contemporary and historic women composers. The program, which was wonderfully titled...
Premieres of Karpman and Saariaho
We're looking forward to two concerts happening this Thursday from 2014 Performance Grant winners, each of which features a premiere. The Pacific Symphony will be offering the World Premiere of Siren Songs by Laura Karpman. Program notes for the concert are available...
Monday Link Round Up: June 8
Some top stories from over the weekend: We wrote about Judith Weir's new song cycle last week, which premiered on Saturday. The Guardian and The Telegraph each have reviews of the work which was decidedly well received. You can also read a review of a new album of...
Portrait of the Composer as a Young Woman
As noted earlier, I'm performing in the BARS Concert June 6. I've written the program notes for the concert, and here they are! The three pieces on our program today are linked, as our title suggests, by all being composed when their creators were young women, and, as...
World Premiere of Weir
We are excited for the World Premiere of Master of Queen's Music Judith Weir's new song cycle taking place this weekend in London. Mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly and the Aurora Orchestra will present Good Morning, Midnight on June 6. The work was commissioned by...