Feminist in the Concert Hall
Monday Link Round Up: June 11, 2018
News and music to start your week! The Library of Congress blog, In the Muse, highlights Women Composers Hiding in Plain Sight. Written by Music Reference Specialist Melissa E. Wertheimer, she discusses a fantastic photograph she found, and the backstory she...
Monday Link Round Up: June 4, 2018
News and music to start your week! Learn about composer, pianist, arranger, producer Bobbie-Jane Gardner in the latest episode of the Listening to Ladies Podcast! Song of the Lark shares the history of nineteenth century musicologist and black activist Maud...
Tuesday Link Round Up: May 29, 2018
News and music to start your week after a meaningful Memorial Day: Happy 90th birthday to Thea Musgrave! We did a round up of stories about the Scottish American composer's life - but don't miss the conversation Musgrave had with NPR. Thrilled to hear that Roderick...
Thea Musgrave at 90
Conductors and Artistic Directors love celebrating composers anniversary years. There is always tremendous excitement around remembering the work of a beloved composer celebrating a milestone. (Any classical music enthusiast will have a hard time finding any ensemble...
Monday Link Round Up: May 21, 2018
News to start your week! Amazing new call for new music from Donne in Musica. Women composers of all music backgrounds, ages, and nationalities are invited to submit compositions inspired by the struggle for human rights. The call was inspired by the 70th...
Monday Link Round Up: May 14, 2018
News and music to start your week! In honor of Mother's Day, WQXR has a series of conversations with women composers about motherhood. Hear from Sarah Kirkland Snider, Valerie Coleman, and Marilyn Shrude here. Classical FM has a brief history of women gaining entry...