Feminist in the Concert Hall
History at La Scala
The point that many long-standing European music traditions exclude women is not news. Neither is the fact that blatantly sexist practices continue, in small or large ways, to this day. Anyone who has ever followed the Vienna Philharmonic can attest to that. However,...
Spring For Music and Melinda Wagner
The Spring for Music festival is a unique creation in that it’s mission is to foster innovative programming at affordable prices, and featuring a wide array of symphony and chamber orchestras. It is held annually at Carnegie Hall. In preperation for the 2011 Spring...
Sofja Gübadomova and the NMWA
Today the blog for the National Museum of Women in the Arts posted an interview with pianist Sofja Gübadomova as a precursor to a performance that Gübadomova will be giving at NMWA tonight at 7:30. When asked, “What’s your best advice to girls who are considering a...
An Introduction to Young Composers
NPR Music and Q2 (part of NYC’s WQXR) recently collaborated to question readers and listeners on their favorite composers under 40 years old. The open appeal was an invitation to a broad conversation on how to define what a composer looks like in the 21st century,...
2011 Proms Season
The BBC Proms, founded in 1895 by Henry Wood, have always been designed to invite and encourage the masses to engage with a wide variety of music. Though the inclusion of women in the yearly Proms programming has not always been a priority for the organizers, there...
Judith Tick and Ruth Crawford Seeger
When discussing the recent history of American music, it would be remiss to not mention the name Ruth Crawford Seeger. Her contributions as an educator to budding composers, as well as her contemporary compositions and research in folk traditions, are hugely...