Happy Birthday Amy Beach!

by sarah | Sep 7, 2010

This past Sunday, September 5, was the 143rd birthday of Amy Beach! I suppose it is fair to say that she is the best known of the still largely unknown, and unrecognized, contingent of historical women composers.  This is due in large part to the work of Adrienne...

Works by Women at the Proms

by sarah | Aug 30, 2010

The 2010 Proms season is well under way in London, with only two weeks left before the final concert.  For those of us who are unable to make the trip across the pond, the BBC is broadcasting all of the concerts on Radio 3, and is also making the broadcasts available...

Interview with Augusta Read Thomas

by Liane Curtis | Oct 13, 2009

The Boston Symphony Orchestra will perform Augusta Read Thomas’ Helios Choros II on October 15, 16, 17, and 20. I wanted to make sure to note this exciting and important event, so I asked Prof. Thomas if I could interview her for this blog, and she was kind...

Guest Contributor, Maestro Apo Hsu, Reports on a Contemporary Music Concert from Tanglewood

by Liane Curtis | Aug 16, 2009

Intro by Liane Curtis: Music Festivals of all kinds continue to find it acceptable to exclude women composers from their programming. Two cases in point are the Mostly Mozart Festival (critiqued on the blog “Life’s a Pitch”), and the Cabrillo...

US Premiere of Gubaidulina Second Violin Concerto

by sarah | Mar 9, 2009

The San Francisco Symphony just hosted Sofia Gubaidulina in its inaugural Phyllis C. Wattis composer-in-residency. The two week residency, which ended on February 27th, was created in honor of a former SFS board member and philanthropist in the Bay Area. (More...