Old and New This Weekend

by sarah | Oct 11, 2017

More great concerts this weekend – in California by the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony, in Maryland by the Susquehanna Symphony, and in Colorado by the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs.   The Bay Area Rainbow Symphony, directed by Dawn Harms, will be including...

Great Works This Weekend

by sarah | Oct 3, 2017

There are great concerts to look forward to this weekend from several WPA Performance Grant winners!   The Denver Young Artists Orchestra will be hosting a Women in Music Symposium at the Lamont School of Music on October 7 & 8.  There will be concerts,...

Stockton Symphony Plays Thea Musgrave

by sarah | Sep 20, 2017

The Stockton Symphony is opening their 2017-2018 season on Saturday, September 23 with a great, and inclusive, program.  In addition to Tchaikovsky Brahms, and Berlioz, conductor Peter Jaffe has chosen to include Rainbow (1990) by Thea Musgrave.   Musgrave, who...

HAPPY 150th BIRTHDAY, AMY BEACH!!

by Chris Trotman | Sep 4, 2017

As this year marks Amy Beach’s 150th birthday, much is being done in celebration about this remarkable woman’s life and work! Numerous orchestras, choral ensembles, chamber ensembles and soloists around the world have performed or will be performing works by the...

Contemporary Women at Cabrillo

by sarah | Aug 4, 2017

The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music has celebrated new music for 55 years – performing, commissioning, and advocating for the works of the greatest living composers, as well as creating opportunities for young composers to have their works heard.  After...

Peggy Stuart Coolidge in Boston

by sarah | Jul 14, 2017

This coming Wednesday the Boston Landmarks Orchestra will be kicking off the summer concert season at the DCR Hatch Memorial Shell. Their concert on July 19, titled Music for a Summer Evening, will include works by Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Delius, Barber, Verdi...