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 &...

Works by Women this Weekend

by sarah | Mar 17, 2017

It’s another full weekend of concerts featuring the works of historic and contemporary women composers – from coast to coast!  We are proud to have been able to support both of these organizations through WPA Performance Grants. On the East Coast the...

Rarely Heard Work in San Francisco this Weekend

by sarah | Mar 10, 2017

The Bay Area Rainbow Symphony is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to promoting and supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer identified (LGBTQ) musicians and composers toward the goal of broad crossover appeal and excellence in the performing...