Feminist in the Concert Hall
Some (GOOD) News for Today!
Some GOOD News for your Wednesday! We are so excited that Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers is receiving an important production at the Houston Grand Opera, and that critics and audiences are THRILLED! The Houston Press calls the 1906 work “an absolute marvel” and demands...
The Wreckers Storms Houston!
by Amy Zigler, PhD, Associate Professor of Music, Salem College 116 years after its premiere, Dame Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers received its first-ever staging by a major American opera house. In keeping with its renewed focus on the ‘grand’ in Houston Grand Opera, the...
Elizabeth Recommends: Symphonic Poems
By Elizabeth de Brito This month on Elizabeth Recommends I am focusing on Tone Poems, introducing seven of the most essential symphonic poems from the past two centuries and around the world. Each one depicts an extraordinary story, some inspired by specific poetry,...
On the rediscovery of Helen Hagan
We are thrilled by this excellent article in the Washington Post about tonights revival (premiere of the new orchestration) of Helen Hagan's Piano Concerto. The concert will livestream here on the website of the Yale School of Music https://music.yale.edu/live...
Hidden Herstory: An 18th-Century Royal Musical Dynasty
By Elizabeth De Brito Have you heard of this amazing classical-era royal musical dynasty from Prussia? Two generations of remarkable royals who, through their leadership and musical talent, shaped much of 18th-century German artistic culture and strongly influenced...
Some news for your Friday! Oct. 14, 2022
Applications for our Grant Program are open, and we have extended the deadline to Nov. 15! We realize that that our revised program is unconventional, proposing channels of communication between your artistic planners and the experts on our Board. But we believe the...