Feminist in the Concert Hall
Monday Link Round Up: August 3, 2020
News and music to start your week! Congratulations go to Rhiannon Giddens - a trained opera singer, virtuoso fiddler and banjo player, founding member of The Carolina Chocolate Drops, MacArthur Genius grant winner, and composer who is pictured above. Giddens was just...
Monday Link Round Up: July 27, 2020
News and music to start your week! Calling young women composers! Pamela Z, pictured above, will be presenting on her compositional process TODAY, July 27 at 5pm EST, in a free presentation on the Young Women Composers workshop series. Gabriela Lena Frank will be...
The Music of the Remarkable Mrs. Sirmen
We apologise for taking so long to get back to Part II of our post about composer and violinist Maddalena Laura Lombardini Sirmen (1745-1818). Part I, about her life, is found here. Our guest author is the London-based musician Martin Ash, whose website is...
Monday Link Round Up: July 20, 2020
News and music to start your week! Nine Black musicians spoke to the New York Times about their experiences, and describe the steps they would like to see being made in transforming the field to being more inclusive. Hear from Monica Ellis, Thomas Wilkins, Jessie...
Monday Link Round Up: July 13, 2020
News and music to start your week! We are saddened to hear about the passing of composer Marga Richter (1926-2020), pictured above. Sezquenza21 has an obituary with links to other remembrances, her website, and samples of her work. George Lewis highlighted more Black...
Considering the 2020 BBC Proms
By Sarah Baer This year marks the 125th anniversary of the BBC Proms, and in true British fashion, the organizers have kept calm and figured out a way to carry on even during a pandemic. Though the Proms will be very different than in years past - with performances...