The BBC Proms, founded in 1895 by Henry Wood, have always been designed to invite and encourage the masses to engage with a wide variety of music. Though the inclusion of women in the yearly Proms programming has not always been a priority for the organizers, there...
As part of their on-going Classics in Concert series, NPR is hosting five nights of chamber music videocast live from WQXR’s Greene Space in New York. You can read about the series at NPR here. The series, which started April 4th, and is titled “Trout Week” in honor...
The New York Philharmonic has been in the news (if only briefly) about their noticeable lack of inclusion of anything other than dead, white, men in their 2011-2012 concert season. But as I mentioned then, the NY Phil is just continuing a long-standing and unfortunate...
The BSO, led by Marin Alsop, just announced their 2011-2012 concert season which will be celebrating the music and achievements of women. Season highlights include Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au Bûcher (which will be semi-staged), James Lee III’s piece about...
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...
There has been a small flurry of news surrounding some of the most well known women to wield a baton. Marin Alsop has been named the principal conductor of the Sao Paolo State Symphony Orchestra of Brazil. Story here. Alsop will also continue her tenure with the...
