Feminist in the Concert Hall
Listen to This: Margaret Bonds
Margaret Bonds (March 3, 1913 - April 26, 1972), was an American composer, pianist, and educator. She is most remembered for her collaborations with poet Langston Hughes. Born and raised in Chicago, she was a student of Florence Price and William Dawson. She began...
2024 Women Composers Festival of Hartford
What better way to kick off Women’s History Month than a festival of work by women composers? The Women Composers Festival of Hartford will hold their annual event this weekend (March 1 & March 2, 2024) on the campus of Central Connecticut State University. Each...
Listen to This: Dorothy Howell
Dorothy Howell (February 25, 1898 - January 12, 1982) was an English composer and pianist, who earned great acclaim during her lifetime. Born in Birmingham, Howell was a student at the Royal Academy of Music when she was 15 years old. The work that led her towards...
Listen to This: Ruth Gipps
Ruth Gipps (February 20, 1921-February 21, 1999) was an English composer, oboist, pianist, conductor, and educator. Her tremendous compositional output includes five symphonies, seven concerto, and a vast number of chamber and choral works. Gipps was a child prodigy,...
Listen to This: Elsa Barraine
Elsa Barraine (February 13, 1910 - March 20, 1999) was a French composer who worked in Paris just after the neoclassicist movement of Les Six, Ravel, and Stravinsky. Born into a musical family, she attended the Paris Conservatorie, and won the Prix de Rome in 1929....
Winners of our 2023 Performance Grants!
Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy is happy to announce the five winners of our 2023 Performance Grants: Professional Ensembles Boston Landmarks Orchestra Worthington Chamber Orchestra (Ohio) Community Ensembles Seattle Philharmonic Horizon Ensemble (Boston MA) Youth...