Feminist in the Concert Hall
Monday Link Round Up: May 27, 2019
News and music to start your week. As we pause on Memorial Day, here are some works by women composers appropriate for today's reflection. Joan Tower's Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman - a play off of Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man - is a brilliant work. Julia...
Miriam Gideon’s “Fortunato” Premiered
We were thrilled to hear the stream of Miriam Gideon's 1958 chamber opera, Fortunato, last week. This was the world premiere of this work, which Gideon apparently wrote hoping that it would be performed by the NBC Opera Theatre. She composed it in three acts, and...
Monday Link Round Up: May 20, 2019
News and music to start your week! Daniel Temkin is writing a series for New Music Box about ethics in music - with the most recent article being who in the new music world gets heard and why, including issues of representation. Read on here. Justin Davidson shares...
Monday Link Round Up: May 13, 2019
News and music to start your week! After a brief hiatus, Listening to Ladies is back with a new episode! Don't miss Elizabeth Blair's conversation with Kaley Lane Eaton. Find more information, images, and links on the LtL website and listen in below! Alex Ross...
The Impact of The Women’s Philharmonic: Pamela Wilson
We received this beautiful testimonial from Pamela Wilson a while -- OK, over a year -- ago. What a fantastic statement of the unexpected and ongoing resonances of The Women's Philharmonic! Thank you, Pamela! Pamela Wilson works in advancement at Connecticut College...
Monday Link Round Up: May 6, 2019
News to start your week! On entertainment site Vulture, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Justin Davidson discusses the work of Lili Boulanger (pictured), and why it is so deserving of the performances it is finally beginning to receive. Jennifer Dautermann at NewMusicBox...