Feminist in the Concert Hall
Monday Link Round Up: May 11, 2020
News and music to start your week! Belated Happy Mother's Day greetings! Continue the celebration with Classical FM's recommendations for music to honor mothers - including works by Amy Beach, Rebecca Dale (pictured above), Roxanna Panufnik, and Rachel Bruerville. In...
2020-2021 Season: By the Numbers
By Sarah Baer Even amid all of the chaos and uncertainty - and cancelled seasons - due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ensembles are planning for the future. All major ensembles have released their 2020-2021 season announcements, so we have once again read through, made...
Monday Link Round Up: May 4, 2020
News and music to start your week! The Washington Post has more about music being created during the current crisis - including more about Lisa Bielawa's Broadcast from Home, the fourth installment was released this past week. Bielawa, pictured above, is an American...
Met Opera to stream Kaija Saariaho’s Opera, L’amour de loin on May 6-7
We are happy to report that the Met Opera's ongoing daily streams (offered in response to their cancelling the remainder of their season because of COVID-19) will feature a work by a woman, Kaija Saariaho's "L'amour de loin," on Wed. May 6. Watch it on the Met...
Monday Link Round Up: April 27, 2020
News and music to start your week! Happy birthday to Dame Ethel Smyth! (April 22) Read reflections about the great composer, pictured right, by WPA Board Member Robyn Bramhall. There's a wonderful new newsletter, "Fantastic Women Composers and Where To Find Them" (we...
On her birthday, thoughts about Ethel Smyth
By Robyn Bramhall -- Our author is a WPA Board Member and Secretary who has been involved with WPA since our inception, and who also worked with The Women's Philharmonic for almost the entirety of its influential and important lifespan, including serving as its...