Feminist in the Concert Hall
Cecilia String Quartet Wins BISQC
The Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC) took place this past weekend at the Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1983, BISQC is a triennial competition that aspires to not only recognize musical greatness, but also support the careers of...
Happy Birthday Amy Beach!
This past Sunday, September 5, was the 143rd birthday of Amy Beach! I suppose it is fair to say that she is the best known of the still largely unknown, and unrecognized, contingent of historical women composers. This is due in large part to the work of Adrienne...
Equal Representation
In the July/August edition of Symphony Magazine, published by the League of American Orchestras, Susan Elliott, taking note of the recent demographics revealed in the 2010 census, asks, “Why don’t American orchestras look like America?” This isn’t a new question but,...
Works by Women at the Proms
The 2010 Proms season is well under way in London, with only two weeks left before the final concert. For those of us who are unable to make the trip across the pond, the BBC is broadcasting all of the concerts on Radio 3, and is also making the broadcasts available...
Photo of April 23 concert
April 23, 2010 -- concert at M. Steinerts. Read Liane Curtis' review here on the The Boston Musical Intelligencer. All six composers and the pianist: John McDonald, Donal Fox, Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee, Marti Epstein, Michelle Kelley (pianist), John Craig Cooper, Ruth...
Women Conductors in the UK
Tom Service, blogger with The Guardian, recently interviewed British conductor Julia Jones. Not surprisingly, the questions for the maestro focused on her gender instead of her repertoire. At least it was noted by Service himself: You can probably guess the line of...