Feminist in the Concert Hall

Monday Link Round Up: December 20, 2021

Monday Link Round Up: December 20, 2021

News and music to start your week! The New York Times recapped the rather challenging year in classical music - including awarding Kaija Saariaho (pictured) The Composer of the Year.  Other highlights include building a more diverse repertoire, firsts at the Met, and...

Monday Link Round Up: December 13, 2021

Monday Link Round Up: December 13, 2021

News and music to start your week! Composer Nomi Abadi, pictured above, founded the Female Composer Safety League last year after recognizing that female composers have been left out of the #MeToo movement.  Read her conversation with Rebecca Keegan in the Hollywood...

Beach work Premiered in WPA Edition

Beach work Premiered in WPA Edition

By Liane Curtis Our new edition of Amy Beach’s concert aria “Jephthah’s Daughter” was premiered last week.  The edition is part of our project to make high-quality, engraved critical editions available for ALL of Beach’s music.  We knew that “Jephthah’s Daughter” was...

Monday Link Round Up: December 6, 2021

Monday Link Round Up: December 6, 2021

The Philadelphia Orchestra, led by Yannick Nézet Séguin, performs Florence Price's Symphony No. 3 in a Digital Stage performance on Wednesday, December 8.  The concert is then available for on-demand access until Dec. 15.  Also on the program is Amanda Harberg's...

Monday Link Round Up: November 29, 2021

Monday Link Round Up: November 29, 2021

News and music to start your week! NPR featured the life and music of Sofia Gubaidulina, pictured above, on All Things Considered. Gubaidulina just turned 90, and there is a new album revisiting some of her greatest works.  Read more at NPR's website, or listen in...

Monday Link Round Up: November 22, 2021

Monday Link Round Up: November 22, 2021

Composer Stephanie Ann Boyd honored feminist activist Betty Friedan (pictured) in a new composition commissioned and premiered by the Peoria Symphony Orchestra.  Born in Peoria 100 years ago. The work featured lyrics drawn from Friedan's influential work, The Feminine...