Works by Women in the 2016-2017 Season

by sarah | Aug 30, 2016

There is no denying that the end of summer is upon us.  While that means students returning to classrooms, it also means that the 2016-2017 concert season is arriving, too!  Before we get all dressed up for Opening Night Galas, let’s have a look at what we can...

Featured Guest Blog: Johanna Kinkel Research in the Twenty-First Century

by Liane Curtis | Jul 6, 2016

Featured Guest Blogger Anja Bunzel  —  On the Occasion of Johanna Kinkel’s Birthday, July 8 In May we featured a blog post  by Anja Bunzel, and we promised another post by her, about her dissertation subject Johanna Kinkel.  Below, in honor of Kinkel’s birthday,...

Choral Work by Ethel Smyth in U.S. Premiere—May 14-1

by Liane Curtis | May 12, 2016

UPDATE: Read a review of the “The Prison”s American debut. While composer Ethel Smyth (1858-1944) has some name recognition, one of her most important works, the concert-length cantata “The Prison”, has never been performed in the U.S.....

Celebrate Mothers of Music in May

by sarah | May 11, 2016

Though we think we should celebrate women composers every day, but the month of May seems especially appropriate to celebrate the foremothers of music. Be sure to download and share the May calendar which celebrates contemporary women (Judith Weir, Tania Leon,...

“Figaro Gets a Divorce” — new opera a triumph in Wales!

by Liane Curtis | Apr 6, 2016

Composer Elena Langer has achieved a brilliant success as she “completes” the Figaro “trilogy” for Welsh National Opera.  Complementing Mozart’s “Marriage” and Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville,”...

Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day!

by sarah | Mar 17, 2016

  On this day when we all celebrate Ireland and our (real or embellished) Irish heritage, let’s also take some time to listen to works by women that pay homage to the Emerald Isle.   Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867-1972) was born and raised in Boston....