Here’s hoping everyone had a meaningful and safe holiday! And now some news to start your week! Coming from roots in The Women’s Philharmonic, it’s thrilling to hear about the founding of a new all-woman orchestra. The Allegra Chamber Orchestra is...
News to start your week! Dallas Opera Conducting Institute has announced the 2016 participants! The winners this year are: Elizabeth Askren (USA), a graduate of Bard’s Conducting Institute who has been an assistant music director at the Concertgebouw; Mihaela...
News to start your week! Eleanor Sokoloff, piano teacher at the Curtis Institute, is celebrating her 102nd birthday. She has taught at the institution since 1936. The Philadelphia Inquirer has a profile. There’s a new festival celebrating the work of...
Thinking about, and grieving for, Orlando. ArtsHub published an article by Sally Macarthur, Cat Hope, and Dawn Bennett highlights the gender disparities for women composers in Australia. (The original version of the article was published on The...
News to start your week! One of the famous stories of music history is the way in which Bach’s music fell into obscurity after his death to be rediscovered later by Felix Mendelssohn. I’ve just been made aware of the work of Bach scholar Christoph Wolff...
News to start your week! NPR’s Weekend Edition featured a conversation with Anna Beer and her new book, Sounds and Sweet Airs: The Forgotten Women of Classical Music. (Purchase your copy here!) Read the conversation on the NPR website, or listen below! ...
