Feminist in the Concert Hall
Link Round-Up! March 1, 2022 — Happy Women’s History Month!
Instead of our weekly news round-ups, we will be offering more frequent updates and commentary throughout this exciting and important month! Just in time for women’s History Month, the Met Opera made their annual statement that women cannot and do not compose...
Monday Link Roundup: February 21, 2022
It’s a BIG week in Black History Month! We knew Julia Perry wrote a lot of music, of which only a small but astounding handful of works are ever heard. But a dramatic turn-around is happening – perhaps the result of BLM, and the re-assessment of everything prompted...
Monday Link Roundup: February 14, 2022
Here’s some news for this week! Gabriella Smith’s vast and remarkable new work “One” was premiered by the Santa Rosa Symphony on Jan. 8. We are happy that it is available via this stream, (but only until until February 16), and we are proud to have supported this...
Monday Link Round Up: February 7, 2022
Florence Price received national attention this week when television personality Kelly Clarkson included a feature about the composer and her work on Clarkson's show. The feature includes a performance of Price's Fantasy n. 2 in F-sharp minor, by two of the students...
Monday Link Round Up: January 31, 2022
The new documentary film about Marin Alsop, CONDUCTOR, directed by Bernadette Wegenstein, is earning well-deserved praise and attention. This includes an interview with Alsop on NPR, and a review in the New York Times. But (so far) our favorite response is...
Link Round Up: January 25, 2022
Here's some news for this week! Juilliard Focus Festival 2022, The Making of an American Music, 1899-1948 is taking place this week with much of it streaming. The January 28 concluding orchestral concert will be conducted by Mei Ann Chen, and features Melissa White...