WPA Now on iTunes!
We debuted the new WPA Podcast last year with conversations about Kaija Saariaho’s premiere at the Met. We are now thrilled to announce that our podcast is now available through iTunes! Subscribe to “Feminist in the Concert Hall” in iTunes to make...
Fanny Hensel at the Ballet
“Fanny for ballet!!” read the text message. I blinked and did a double-take at the accompanying photo. Indeed, selections of Fanny Hensel’s “Das Jahr” — The Year — a cycle of piano pieces composed in 1841, were the music for a...
Remembering Ursula Mamlok
It is with great sadness that we share the news of Ursula Mamlok’s death. Born in Germany in 1923, Mamlok and her family fled the Nazis to Ecuador when she was only 17. She received a scholarship to study at the Mannes School of Music in New York City. Her...Olivia Block on NPR
NPR’s Morning Edition shared the work of Chicago based composer Olivia Block as part of the series, “Musicians in their own Words.” In a story that ran on January 7th, Block walked listeners through the soundscape of downtown Chicago and shared how...