News to start your week! NewMusicBox has a fantastic piece by composer Emily Doolittle about composing fits into motherhood. A hugely important – and not often discussed – topic. Doolittle’s article brings great insight and context into this issue....
News to start your week! We celebrated Dame Ethel Smyth’s birthday this weekend! Don’t miss the guest blog by Dr. Amy Ziegler and the new recording of Symth’s work. The BBC.com Culture column recognized the life and work of composer,...
News to start your week! Congratulations to Du Yun for winning the Pulitzer Prize in Music for her opera Angel’s Bone! Read the story at NPR or NewMusicBox – which interviewed the composer about her work in 2014. Watch part of the interview below: ...
News to start your week! The Women Composers Festival of Hartford had another great event this year – and are already looking to the future! Composers and and Performers are invited to apply to be artists in residence for the 2018 Festival! Find out more...
News to start your week! Bang on a Can is preparing a marathon in honor of their 30th anniversary! The ensemble, which boasts Pulitzer Prize winner Julia Wolfe as a co-founder, will host the concert on May 6 at the Brooklyn Museum. Featured composers will include...
News to start your week! This year, 2017, is an important celebration year for Amy Beach and Teresa Carreño. A conference is being organized to celebrate their lives and works, and the conference organizers are seeking calls for papers and for performances....