Florence Price (1887-1953) was the first black woman to achieve recognition and fame as a composer of large forms. After studying at the New England Conservatory, (she graduated in 1907) Price moved to Arkansas, and then settled in Chicago where her composing career...
Remembered for her political work as well as her compositions, Dame Ethel Smyth (1858-1944) was an inspiring and impressive figure in Britain throughout her lifetime. Though she received resistance from her family as she pursued a career in music, she was rather...
Award winning violinist and former child prodigy, as well as active soloist, Hilary Hahn has recently announced a new project, commissioning 27 new encore pieces. The news was released on her professional website. Hahn reportedly sought to increase and diversify the...
The first installment of women you should know (but probably don’t) is Beatritz de Dia (c. 1140- c. 1175). More commonly known today as Countessa (or Comtessa) de Dia, she is the most remembered of the trobairitz (female troubadours), and wrote courtly love songs....
The Performing Arts Department of the Library of Congress publishes a semi-regular blog titled In the Muse. The blog has great information featuring items that are held in D.C. and are available for perusal. A Music Cataloger at the LOC, Laura Yust, was a recent...
British composer and educator June Boyce-Tillman just premiered a new work in honor of Julian of Norwich(appropriately) at the Norwich Cathedral. Though the premiere managed did not appear even as a blip on the radar of music journalists, the work or performance did...
