Feminist in the Concert Hall
Monday Link Round Up: January 10, 2022
News and music to start your week! Composer Dr. Sharon Willis, pictured, has collaborated with author Margaret L. Thomas to create music to accompany a children's book. The book, titled Suazu and Nomeka's Heir is now also a musical with 16 songs, which they hope to...
Monday Link Roundup: January 3, 2022
News and music to start off your YEAR! We are so excited for the upcoming premiere of Gabriella Smith's first symphony!. Smith, pictured above, was commissioned by the Santa Rosa and Eugene Symphonies for the work, titled One, and which will receive its world...
Monday Link Round Up: December 20, 2021
News and music to start your week! The New York Times recapped the rather challenging year in classical music - including awarding Kaija Saariaho (pictured) The Composer of the Year. Other highlights include building a more diverse repertoire, firsts at the Met, and...
Monday Link Round Up: December 13, 2021
News and music to start your week! Composer Nomi Abadi, pictured above, founded the Female Composer Safety League last year after recognizing that female composers have been left out of the #MeToo movement. Read her conversation with Rebecca Keegan in the Hollywood...
Beach work Premiered in WPA Edition
By Liane Curtis Our new edition of Amy Beach’s concert aria “Jephthah’s Daughter” was premiered last week. The edition is part of our project to make high-quality, engraved critical editions available for ALL of Beach’s music. We knew that “Jephthah’s Daughter” was...
Monday Link Round Up: December 6, 2021
The Philadelphia Orchestra, led by Yannick Nézet Séguin, performs Florence Price's Symphony No. 3 in a Digital Stage performance on Wednesday, December 8. The concert is then available for on-demand access until Dec. 15. Also on the program is Amanda Harberg's...