Feminist in the Concert Hall
TBT: 1996 — TWP Performs (and records) Chen Yi
In celebration of Chinese New Year, we'd like to recall composer Chen Yi's marvelous work with The Women's Philharmonic. In the mid-1990s, Chen Yi served as composer-in-residence for The Women's Philharmonic (TWP). This role culminated in 1996 with the beautiful CD...
Monday Link Round Up: January 27, 2020
Music and news to start your week! For the first time ever, the orchestra of the Academy Awards Ceremony (the Oscars, Feb. 9) will be led by a woman. Congratulations go to Irish conductor Eímear Noone, pictured above, who will lead excerpts from the films nominated...
Juilliard’s 2020 Focus festival – Trailblazers: Women Composers of the 20th Century
We are welcoming composer, pianist and soprano Tamara Cashour to our blog as our New York City-based correspondent. Tamara sends her first installment: In 2020, Juilliard continues to ride the crest of the Zeitgeist by presenting an all-women composer concert...
Monday Link Round Up: January 20, 2020
News and Music to start your week! Wishing everyone a meaningful and reflective Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! Celebrate by listing in to DiscoverClassical.com which features a day of music programming by Black composers - including works by Florence Price and...
TBT — The Women’s Phil as an American Orchestra (1999)
An article published by New Music Box on Sept. 1, 1999, celebrates The Women's Philharmonic as one of twenty orchestras that are making a special commitment to new American music. Author Andrew Druckenbrod notes that TWP ... has commissioned 35 works since its first...
Monday Link Round Up: January 13, 2020
News and music to start your week! Jessie Montgomery, pictured above, is profiled by Angela Allen, about diving into the world of opera. Read more at Classical Voices in America. The Daffodil Perspective has a list of 10 ways to make classical music more accessible....