Feminist in the Concert Hall
Monday Link Round Up: June 17, 2019
Music and News to start your week! The New York Times profiled Alma Deutscher - violinist, pianist, and composer who has been putting the classical music world in awe since she was just 4 years old. Now 14, she's working on a retrospective album and also discusses...
Costa Rican orchestra features women composers
The Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional (OSN -- National Symphony Orchestra) of Costa Rica presents a tribute to women composers on June 14 and 16, 2019. The concert is conducted by Gabriela Mora Fallas (pictured left), returning for her second time to lead the orchestra; for...
Clara’s Schumannfest
The city of Bonn has hosted an annual Schumannfest since 1998 to celebrate the lives and music of two of the city's most famous residents: Robert Schumann and Ludwig van Beethoven. However, in 2007 the name of the festival changed from the Bonn Schumann Festival to...
Monday Link Round Up: June 10, 2019
News and music to start your week! Musicians in Bonn, Germany celebrated the 200th birthday of Clara Schumann with Schumannfest! The event, which runs from June 1 to June 16, will include works by many women composers, not just Clara. However, there will be a...
Monday Link Round Up: June 3, 2019
News and music to start your week! The exciting conference Women, Feminists, and Music: Transforming Tomorrow Today kicks off on Thursday, at Berklee College of Music in Boston. The conference brings together the International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) and...
Joan Tower Honored by League of American Orchestras
Congratulations to Joan Tower who will be awarded the Golden Baton at this year's League of American Orchestras Conference in Nashville, TN (June 3-5)! The Golden Baton is organization's highest honor. One of Tower's most well known works, Made in America, was...