Feminist in the Concert Hall

Monday Link Round Up: February 7, 2022

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

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

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...

Monday Link Round Up: January 17, 2022

Monday Link Round Up: January 17, 2022

News and music to start your week!  Happy Martin Luther King Day! To commemorate their 10th anniversary, OperaCréole has planned "A celebration of Black Women in classical music and civil rights, from Ida B. Wells to Kamala Harris."  Unfortunately the concert date is...

Monday Link Round Up: January 10, 2022

Monday Link Round Up: January 10, 2022

News and music to start your week! Composer Dr. Sharon Willis, pictured, has collaborated with author Margaret L. Thomas to create music to accompany a children's book.  The book, titled Suazu and Nomeka's Heir is now also a musical with 16 songs, which they hope to...

Monday Link Roundup: January 3, 2022

Monday Link Roundup: January 3, 2022

News and music to start off your YEAR! We are so excited for the upcoming premiere of Gabriella Smith's first symphony!.  Smith, pictured above, was commissioned by the Santa Rosa and Eugene Symphonies for the work, titled One, and which will receive its world...