Category: conferences

  • Maria Theresia Paradis — Conference continues Live and Online

    Maria Theresia Paradis — Conference continues Live and Online

    The Conference on Maria Theresia Paradis continues Saturday Nov. 23 — in person AND streaming at Mount Holyoke College.   Titled: Reframing the Gaze: Maria Theresia Paradis, Blind Musicians, and Musical Culture Before & After Braille. Held on November 22-23, the event hosts  papers and concerts, including a Schulkonzert – a reconstruction of one of Paradis’s…

  • DSO Women in Classical Music Symposium: Bringing “First and Only” into Community

    DSO Women in Classical Music Symposium: Bringing “First and Only” into Community

    [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Dr. Penny Brandt offers this report on the recent Symposium in Dallas: The “Women in Classical Music Symposium” hosted by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra was held this week at the Morton Meyerson Symphony Center in downtown Dallas, Texas. Organizers included President and CEO of the DSO Kim Noltemy,…

  • Monday Link Round Up: September 17, 2018

    News and music to start your week! The Pacific Standard spoke to WPA President Liane Curtis about the current state of women’s work in symphonic spaces.  Read on here! It’s Hildegard von Bingen’s Feast Day! Celebrate by listening to some of her best known works! In the Muse, the blog for the Arts Division of…

  • HAPPY 150th BIRTHDAY, AMY BEACH!!

    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 pioneering American composer/pianist this year and next in celebration.  There are new recordings available…