I recently wrote about how the lack of diversity in symphony orchestras, and the work that is being done by the Sphinx Organization to increase those numbers by encouraging the involvement of young African American and Latino musicians. Lucky for us – the New York...
The London Times reported that Sir Peter Maxwell Davies has set text by Hildegard of Bingen in a new work: Liber Pulsationis Fabulatoris (which translates to, “The Book of Pulsations of the Creator of Legends.”) The piece was commissioned as part of the celebration...
The New York Times reviewed the premiere of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s Symphony No. 5. Zwilich, who has broken a lot of ground for women composers including being the first woman composer to earn a doctorate from Juilliard as well as being the first woman composer to win...
In the research that I have done about the performance of works by women composers in major American symphonies, what is only slightly more surprising than the prevalence of works written by dead, white, men is the number of solo pieces that are performed during a...
In honor of the seventieth birthday of one of the most performed American composers (regardless of gender), the Cassatt String Quartet is honoring Joan Tower’s works in a birthday-tribute concert series. The Cassatt Quartet, named after American impressionist...
