Feminist in the Concert Hall
Monday Link Round Up: March 30, 2020
News and music to start your week! Congratulations go to composer and flautist Valerie Coleman, pictured, who was named 2020 Classical Woman of the Year by Performance Today. Read more at Broadway World. Alex Ross writes at his blog, The Rest is Noise, about the...
Monday Link Round Up: March 23, 2020
News and music to start your week! We are saddened to hear about the death of trailblazer Doriot Anthony Dwyer, pictured above. She was the second ever woman to be awarded a principal chair position with an American orchestra. She played principal flute with The...
Quinn Mason on Vítězslava Kaprálová
Once again, we are happy to welcome Quinn Mason (fresh from his Seattle conducting debut) as Guest Blogger! He offers his insights on Vítězslava Kaprálová, in particular two of her orchestral works, Rustic Suite (1938) and Military Sinfonietta (1936-1937). Vítězslava...
Remembering Karin Pendle (by Annie Janeiro Randall)
Annie Janeiro Randall, Professor of Music at Bucknell University, is the author of Dusty! Queen of the Postmods and editor of Music, Power, and Politics. We invited her to share her remembrance of Prof. Karin Pendle, and are happy to offer her thoughts, below. We...
What to Listen to During Social Distancing
These are anxious times. As we do our part to participate in the self-imposed social isolation that most of the world is finding themselves in these days, we have collected some resources that we may all turn to in the coming restless days. Many arts organizations...
Monday Link Round Up: March 16, 2020
News (including some good news!) and music to start your week! The NPR Show Jazz Night in America has an hour long conversation with bassist Linda May Han Oh, pictured above. She speaks about her love of the form, her compositions, and what it's like to be a woman...