Camellia Symphony Celebrates Black History Month

by Liane Curtis | Feb 18, 2019

I hope you are having a great Black History Month!   I know I am, and as part of my celebration I attended the Camellia Symphony Orchestra’s concert, titled Past, Present, and Future. An ambitious and excellent community orchestra in Sacramento, they offered an...

Best of 2018! BBC International Women’s Day Orchestral Concert

by Liane Curtis | Jan 19, 2019

One of the most important events in music of 2018 was the BBC’s International Women’s Day broadcasts and live concerts.  Performances and recordings were aired based on special research aimed at bringing to light unknown music composed by women.  The...

Featured Guest blogger: Musicologists on Fanny Hensel’s songs

by Liane Curtis | Jan 7, 2019

Dr. Penny Brandt continues her report on the 2018 joint conference of the American Musicological Society/Society for Music Theory. My favorite session at AMS/SMT this year was the Sunday morning joint session on “The Songs of Fanny Hensel” chaired by R. Larry Todd...

Congratulations to the 2018 Performance Grant Winners!

by sarah | Jan 2, 2019

The 2018 WPA Performance Grant cycle brought a record number of applicants, exciting and diverse concerts to consider, and many wonderful programs to anticipate throughout the years of 2019 and 2020! As in the past, the strongest applicants programmed works by more...

Featured Guest Blogger: Could an Academic Conference pass the Bechdel Test?

by Liane Curtis | Nov 18, 2018

We welcome Dr. Penny Brandt to Feminist in the Concert Hall!  She is a musicologist who recently completed a Ph.D. Dissertation on composer Elsa Olivieri Sangiacomo Respighi, and who is known for her leadership role with the Hartford Festival of Women Composers.   ...

Linda Luebke Strings Festival & Meira Warshauer

by sarah | Sep 27, 2018

This weekend (September 29-30) is the 2018 Linda Luebke Strings Festival in Terre Haute, Indiana.  The Festival offers a unique experience for strings students to grow in their musicianship through small ensemble experience, music theory, dance, composition,...