Feminist in the Concert Hall
Monday Link Round Up: May 10, 2021
News and music to start your week! San Francisco Classical Voice shares the news of a new series at the Marsh featuring the art songs of Black composers. Soprano Candace Johnson, pictured above, will be performing works by Adolphus Hailstork on May 22. Find out how...
Monday Link Round Up: May 3, 2021
News and music to start your week! Congratulations go to composer Errollyn Wallen, pictured above, who was named the recipient of the 2020 ISM Distinguished Musician Award. From the website: "Established in 1976, the ISM Distinguished Musician Award recognises...
Monday Link Round Up: April 26, 2021
News and music to start the week! Congratulations to composer Jessie Montgomery, pictured, who was just named the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's new composer in residence! Her three year term begins July 1. Read more at the Chicago Sun Times. The CSO Press release...
Monday Link Round Up: April 19, 2021
News and music to start your week! Congratulations to Sherri Chung, pictured above, the first Asian-American woman to compose the music for an hour-long network drama. Listen in to her scores on the new series, "Kung Fu" (a "reimagining of the 1970s classic") and...
Monday Link Round Up: April 12, 2021
News and music to start your week! Read about the Sister Cities Girlchoir and their work with composer Erin Busch, pictured above, to educate and inspire. Busch, who is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Pennsylvania, is dedicated to the education of women...
We Hold On To Women’s Music History By A Thin, Fraying Thread
By Mary Purpura Previously we posted Mary Purpura's moving account of the work of The Women's Philharmonic. Today we continue her consideration of the obstacles that remain to bringing women's compositions into the mainstream. These essays are drawn from Mary's 2016...