Feminist in the Concert Hall
Monday Link Round Up: October 25, 2021
News and music to start the week! The New York Times spoke to conductor Eun Sun Kim, pictured above, the first woman to serve as music director for one of America's largest opera companies, the San Francisco Opera. Even CNN is recognizing the influx of performances by...
Monday Link Round Up: October 18, 2021
News and music to start your week! Congratulations to Nathalie Stutzmann, pictured above, who has been named the new conductor of the Atlanta Symphony! Stutzmann will be the only woman conducting one of America's top orchestras when she takes the podium next year. ...
Monday Link Round Up: October 11, 2021
News and music to start your week! The New York Times ran a feature on the life and music of Louise Farrenc, pictured above. The French composer broke boundaries on many fronts, and her symphonies are fantastic works long overdue of performances and...
Monday Link Round Up: October 4, 2021
News and music to start your week: We are thrilled at the release of new recordings of works by Florence Price! Recorded by The Philadelphia Orchestra and with the help and talent of pianist and Price advocate Michelle Cann (pictured above). The Philadelphia...
Monday Link Round Up: September 27, 2021
News and music to start your week! Congratulations go to Terrance Blanchard (pictured above), the first Black composer to have a work performed at the Metropolitan Opera. His work, Fire Shut Up In My Bones, opens tonight! The New York Times talks to Blanchard about...
Monday Link Round Up: September 20, 2021
News and music to start your week! Congratulations to Mary Watkins, recipient of Opera America's Opera Grants for Female Composers! Learn more about her opera Dark River: The Fannie Lou Hammer Story as well as her Emmet Till: The Opera, scheduled for premiere in...