Happy Birthday, Amy Beach!!
Today, Sept. 5, let’s celebrate Amy Beach’s birthday! She was a great composer of many firsts: the first American women to have a Symphony performed by a major orchestra (her “Gaelic” in 1896; her piano concerto of 1900 was another...Laura Kaminsky at American Opera Projects
Laura Kaminsky will be taking over the position of Composer In Residence at American Opera Projects. The company, based in Brooklyn, NY, states its mission as: to identify, develop and present new and innovative works of music theater by emerging and established...American Music Project Kicks Off
The newly-established American Music Project has been making a bit of buzz as of late. Formally announced on August 4, the nascent nonprofit is philosophically allied with Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy in not only recognizing a lack of presence in the current...Concerning Race
Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy is working to level the playing field when it comes to the representation of works by women in the classical music repertoire. But it goes without saying that there is a need for equal representation not only of works by women, but...