New York Youth Symphony Album nominated for Grammy!

New York Youth Symphony Album nominated for Grammy!

GREAT NEWS!  A groundbreaking project is receiving deserved recognition!  The New York Youth Symphony turned the limitations of the pandemic — musicians all in lockdown — into an opportunity to record a new CD, which was released in spring of 2022.  This...
Joan Tower Honored by League of American Orchestras

Joan Tower Honored by League of American Orchestras

Congratulations to Joan Tower who will be awarded the Golden Baton at this year’s League of American Orchestras Conference in Nashville, TN (June 3-5)!  The Golden Baton is organization’s highest honor. One of Tower’s most well known works, Made in...
Monday Link Round Up: June 11, 2018

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...
A Nobel Honor for Amy Beach

A Nobel Honor for Amy Beach

We are thrilled that the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Joana Carneiro, will be performing second movement, Alla Siciliana of Amy Beach’s “Gaelic” Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 (Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy Publications’ revised...
September 5, AMY BEACH DAY

September 5, AMY BEACH DAY

“I, Martin J. Walsh, Mayor of Boston, do hereby declare September 5, 2017 to be: Amy Beach Day in the City of Boston. I urge all my fellow Bostonians to join me in recognizing and honoring Amy Beach as one of the most successful American composers.”