Featured Guest Blogger: Carol Cubberley on (RE)Discovering Amanda Maier

by Liane Curtis | Feb 11, 2016

Carol Cubberley, a freelance violinist in Boston, MA, became interested in uncovering music by women while at Boston Conservatory, and chose to play only music composed by women at her masters recital.  In 2013 Carol was the violinist for the Apple Hill Festival...

Diverse Music Education

by sarah | Sep 2, 2015

Welcome to September – and back to classes for students across the country!  As educators finalize syllabi and students return practicing after a summer hiatus, we applaud the efforts being made by all teachers – whether classroom instructors or private...

Written by Mrs. Bach

by sarah | Aug 4, 2015

The long awaited, and much debated, documentary that investigates the role of Anna Magdalena Bach as not only wife but collaborator and, most controversially, composer of the Cello Suites, is now available online. The evidence uncovered and explored by musicologist...

Grieving and healing: Julia Perry’s “Stabat Mater”

by Liane Curtis | Jun 30, 2015

The U.S. continues to mourn the massacre of nine African Americans in a South Carolina church.  At the Rev. Clementa Pinckney’s funeral service, President Barack Obama drew on the healing power of words melded with music, as he sang “Amazing Grace.”  This was a...

Portrait of the Composer as a Young Woman

by Liane Curtis | Jun 5, 2015

As noted earlier, I’m performing in the BARS Concert June 6. I’ve written the program notes for the concert, and here they are! The three pieces on our program today are linked, as our title suggests, by all being composed when their creators were young...

Featured Guest Blog: Louise Talma (Part III!)

by sarah | May 7, 2015

Featured Guest Blogger: Kendra Preston Leonard Today we feature the third installment in our Featured Guest Blogger series, again focusing on the work of Kendra Preston Leonard and her new book on Lousie Talma. Leonard is a musicologist whose work focuses on women and...