Feminist in the Concert Hall
Monday Link Round Up: February 15, 2021
News and music to start your week! We are excited about the new podcast from composer Julia Adolphe, pictured above, discussing creativity and mental health. Read more about her personal connection between the two, and where you can listen in to Looseleaf Notebook at...
Monday Link Round Up: February 8, 2021
News and music to start your week! I Care if You Listen posed five questions to Canadian composer Alexina Louie (pictured above) and Evie Mark, who is a throat singer. They talk about Louie's Take The Dog Sled - a Inuit-Western musical collaboration that by all...
Monday Link Round Up: February 1, 2021
News and music to start your week! On the first day of Black History Month (which should be every month) let's look at Colorado Public Radio's list of Contemporary Black Composers You Should Know. Included in the list are Valerie Coleman, Jessie Montgomery (pictured...
Let’s State Firmly “White Supremacy Has No Place Here”
Musician and Educator Miriam Capellan published the letter below on her blog, Dear Clara. Given the ongoing importance of the issues it raises, we are reprinting it here. We offer a few comments following the letter. Ms. Capellan offers these comments to frame her...
Monday Link Round Up: January 25, 2021
News and music to start your week! Celebrations are underway (to the extent possible given the pandemic) for the centennial birthday of pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams, pictured above. She is featured in a story on NPR by reporter Lara Pellegrinelli. Read the...
Trailblazing Women featured by Santa Rosa Symphony
-- by Liane Curtis The Santa Rosa Symphony (SRS) has seized upon the need to change their programming due to Covid19 as an opportunity to celebrate diversity and highlight some brilliant works by women. They have named Ellen Taaffe Zwilich as Artistic Partner and...