New Works this Weekend

by sarah | May 19, 2017

There are lots of opportunities to hear works by contemporary women composers this weekend, and throughout the coming week!   On Sunday, May 21 the Community Women’s Orchestra in Oakland, California will present Forbidden Voices, including June...

Amy Beach and Debra Kaye

by sarah | May 5, 2017

Last week audiences in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania were treated to a new edition of Amy Beach’s Mass.  This weekend there are two opportunities to enjoy Beach’s Symphony – a great way to continue the celebrations of her sesquicentennial!   The first...

New (and Remembered) Works

by sarah | Apr 28, 2017

More great concerts – and very different concert experiences – to enjoy this weekend! The Moravian College Choir, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is presenting the premiere of a new edition of Amy Beach’s Mass on April 29.  The work, composed when Beach...

Elizabeth Wood Inspires Hartford Festival

by Liane Curtis | Apr 10, 2017

The 17th annual Women Composers Festival of Hartford invited musicologist Elizabeth Wood to be their Keynote Speaker, and Wood shares her energizing presentation with us here.  It was really more of a Convocation: a kick-off of the Festival, a drawing together of...

Honoring Women’s Work

by sarah | Mar 29, 2017

As March, and Women’s History Month, quickly comes to a close, there are still great opportunities to support women’s work in music in concerts across the country!   The Women Composers Festival of Hartford (Connecticut) will hold their annual event...

Works by Women this Weekend

by sarah | Mar 24, 2017

There’s something for everyone with this weekend’s range of concerts happening across the country!   In Chicago the Chicago Sinfonietta offers a concert called More Than a Letter: A Celebration of LGBTQ Artists and Classical Music on March 25 &...