2024 Women Composers Festival of Hartford

2024 Women Composers Festival of Hartford

What better way to kick off Women’s History Month than a festival of work by women composers? The Women Composers Festival of Hartford will hold their annual event this weekend (March 1 & March 2, 2024) on the campus of Central Connecticut State University. Each...
Chen Yi Premiere Streams!

Chen Yi Premiere Streams!

[Update: Chen Yi’s role in the US-China Music Institute is discussed here; “U.S.-China forum calls for revitalizing relations through music”] Chen Yi’s Symphony  no. 3 My Musical Journey to America will will stream live in its east coast...
Monday Link Roundup: Sept. 25, 2023

Monday Link Roundup: Sept. 25, 2023

Two Important Festivals: The Women Composers Festival of Tübingen begins on Friday Sept. 29.  With a focus on the 19th Century: Tübingen composer Josephine Lang and three contemporaries (Emilie Mayer, Luise Adolpha Le Beau and Ethel Smyth), it continues 10 days and...
Weekly Link Round-Up March 25,

Weekly Link Round-Up March 25,

Sorry to be so late with our weekly update!  We do want to make sure everyone knows that the Women Composers Festival of Hartford is completely available online (until April 7), and for no fee (donations are encouraged, of course!)  The 2022 Ensemble-in-residence...
Clara’s Schumannfest

Clara’s Schumannfest

The city of Bonn has hosted an annual Schumannfest since 1998 to celebrate the lives and music of two of the city’s most famous residents: Robert Schumann and Ludwig van Beethoven.  However, in 2007 the name of the festival changed from the Bonn Schumann...