Feminist in the Concert Hall
Women’s History Month 2021 Listening
Throughout the month of March we will be posting a new work by a woman composer on Twitter every day. Find us @WomensPhil to follow along, or bookmark this page, which will be updated as we go!
Monday Link Round Up: February 22, 2021
News and music to start your week! The Philadelphia Orchestra performed Florence Price's Piano Concerto this past week. It is no surprise to anyone familiar with Price's work that the piece was well received, and left audience members asking why it was the first time...
Monday Link Round Up: February 15, 2021
News and music to start your week! We are excited about the new podcast from composer Julia Adolphe, pictured above, discussing creativity and mental health. Read more about her personal connection between the two, and where you can listen in to Looseleaf Notebook at...
Monday Link Round Up: February 8, 2021
News and music to start your week! I Care if You Listen posed five questions to Canadian composer Alexina Louie (pictured above) and Evie Mark, who is a throat singer. They talk about Louie's Take The Dog Sled - a Inuit-Western musical collaboration that by all...
Monday Link Round Up: February 1, 2021
News and music to start your week! On the first day of Black History Month (which should be every month) let's look at Colorado Public Radio's list of Contemporary Black Composers You Should Know. Included in the list are Valerie Coleman, Jessie Montgomery (pictured...
Let’s State Firmly “White Supremacy Has No Place Here”
Musician and Educator Miriam Capellan published the letter below on her blog, Dear Clara. Given the ongoing importance of the issues it raises, we are reprinting it here. We offer a few comments following the letter. Ms. Capellan offers these comments to frame her...