Feminist in the Concert Hall

Monday Link Round Up: November 30, 2020

Monday Link Round Up: November 30, 2020

News and music to start the week! NewMusicBox spoke to composer and flautist Valerie Coleman (pictured)  about her work. She is one of the eight American composers participating in the New Music USA's Amplifying Voices program - commissioning new works by composers of...

Monday Link Round Up: November 23, 2020

Monday Link Round Up: November 23, 2020

News and music to start your week! Ellen Taylor writes for Voice about what she learned after a presentation about Black classical music by pianist and musicologist Dr. Samantha Ege, pictured above.  Dr. Ege is a particular champion of the works of Florence Price,...

Monday Link Round Up: November 16, 2020

Monday Link Round Up: November 16, 2020

News and music to start your week! Congratulations go to Grace Moore, pictured below, who had her work premiered by members of the New York Philharmonic as part of their Very Young Composers program.  Moore, who was born in Brooklyn, said that her work was inspired in...

Monday Link Round Up: November 9, 2020

Monday Link Round Up: November 9, 2020

Some news and music to start your week! The Handel and Haydn Society of Boston featured a concert yesterday of works by women composers in honor of the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment.  The Boston Music Intelligencer wrote about what the audience could expect,...

Monday Link Round Up: November 2, 2020

Monday Link Round Up: November 2, 2020

News and music to start your week! Trumpeter Theresa May, pictured above, has had a diverse career in music - performing in classical ensembles as well as big bands.  She was interviewed at WSKU out of Northeast Ohio about her career, the challenges she has faced, and...

Monday Link Round Up: October 26, 2020

Monday Link Round Up: October 26, 2020

News and music to start your week! The New York Times profiles Gabriela Lena Frank (pictured), composer and educator who works to encourage inclusion and representation in the field of classical music.  She hosts an academy on her farm in California, that works with...