Feminist in the Concert Hall
The Women’s Orchestra Project of Berlin
VAN Magazine of Germany recently published this interview with two key figures of the Women's Orchestra Project of Berlin. Author Merle Krafeld kindly gave permission for a translation to be published here. Liane Curtis and Laura W. Macy have edited the Google...
Celebrating Louise Farrenc’s Symphonies
By Sarah Baer We are remembering the life and work of French composer, pianist, and educator Louise Farrenc. This is fitting not just because her birthday is May 31 (she would be 219 this year), but because WPA Publishing has released new editions of two of her...
A few events, May 5-7, 2023
There are so many exciting concerts happening in this busy time! We hope you get to take in a few -- or more! Just to highlight some very special events -- May 5-6, the Boulanger Initiative has their annual WOCO Fest "Awaken!" -- celebrating Women and...
Happy Birthday, Chen Yi!
The remarkable Chinese American composer Chen Yi turns 70 today! See our recent features on her here -- January Composer-of-the-Month and here, on some performances of her music taking place.
BBC Announces ‘New Strategy’ and Closes the BBC Singers
Dr. Amy Zigler (a musicologist and pianist and serves as Associate Professor of Music at Salem College) recently wrote about attending a recording session in the U.K. Today she has an update about a devastating piece of news from the British cultural landscape....
Smyth’s Der Wald in forthcoming recording!
By Dr. Amy Zigler, an Ethel Smyth scholar and Associate Professor of Music at Salem College. She will be speaking about the recording, the female characters, and issues of agency in Der Wald at the Operatic Feminisms symposium on March 25, 2023, at Columbia...