Feminist in the Concert Hall
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...
Monday Link Round Up: March 9, 2020
News and music to start your week! We hope that all women --and people of all genders! -- were able to celebrate and enjoy International Women's Day yesterday (March 8). There were musical celebrations around the world! Classical-Music.com compiled a selection of...
On the death of the Hungarian composer and pedagogue Erzsébet Szőnyi
We received this moving obituary of Erzsébet Szőnyi, written by Matthias Funkhauser of the German Kodály Society. Erzsébet Szőnyi (25 April 1924 – 28 December 2019) (also Erzsébet Szilágyi) was a Hungarian composer and music teacher. Her works encompass symphonic...
Monday Link Round Up: March 2, 2020
News and music to start your week! The Baltimore Sun reports that next season at The Baltimore Symphony will be the last for conductor Marin Alsop, pictured above. She has served as the conductor and artistic leader of the ensemble for 14 years. Opera Philadelphia...