Feminist in the Concert Hall
Monday Link Round Up: November 5, 2018
News and music to start your week! The American Composers Orchestra blog, SoundAdvice, featured a conversation with Joan Tower last week in honor of their performance of her work, Chamber Dance. The piece was included in a concert entirely of work by women composers...
Monday Link Round Up: October 29, 2018
News and Music to start your week! Listening to Ladies has a new episode - this week talking to composer Jenn Kirby. Find out more information about Kirby and her works on the website (which also has information on how to help make sure more episodes happen!) and...
Monday Link Round Up: October 22, 2018
News and music to start your week! Congratulations to composer Julia Wolfe for being named the Musical America 2019 Composer of the Year! NewMusicBox has more winners. And those not familiar with Wolfe can learn more about the composer, and her Pulitzer Prize...
A Weekend of FIRST LADIES in Boston!
This weekend brings two performances of a concert titled "First Ladies" from Cappella Clausura, Inc. A professional vocal ensemble based in Boston, Cappella Clausura has been dedicated to performing works by women composers since it's founding - featuring composers...
Monday Link Round Up: October 15, 2018
News and music to start your week! Our congratulations to Tania Leon - composer, conductor, educator, and now member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences! Broadway news has the story. Congratulations also go to Unsuk Chin who was just awarded the Marie-Josée...
A musical “blind taste-test” casts light on the biased processes of Canon-formation
Salastina Music Society carried out a remarkably original experiment last weekend (Oct. 6 & 7) – raising issues of how and why some works get into the classical music canon – and some works don't. Salastina's two directors were struck by a certain piano trio, and...