Rochester PO Announces 2012-13 Season

by Liane Curtis | Mar 2, 2012

The Rochester Philharmonic just announced its 2012-13 Season.  In his second season, Maestro Arild Remmereit will continue the orchestra’s exploration of great works by women, both historic and contemporary. As we mentioned in our earlier post, we are thrilled...

Florence Price on NPR

by sarah | Feb 28, 2012

I am always delighted to stumble upon the name of a historic woman composer in the daily news—and kudos to NPR for making my day! Their classical music blog, Deceptive Cadence, highlighted new recordings of works by composer Florence Price —the first African American...

Thoughts on Beauty in Classical Music

by sarah | Aug 23, 2011

I had been trying to put together some thoughts about the way women who perform classical music are viewed/described by the media, long before Yuja Wang made her controversial Hollywood Bowl appearance. And after sifting through dozens of articles and critiques, I...

New Film About Mozart’s Sister

by sarah | Aug 22, 2011

I just saw the new trailer for the film, titled Mozart’s Sister, yesterday – and today NPR’s classical music blog Deceptive Cadence discussed the film and the how little is really known about the life and music of the “other” Mozart. Here’s the official trailer for...

Minnesota Composer Institute 2012 Winners Announced

by sarah | Jul 17, 2011

Winners were posted over at the New Music Box. The six selected composers include Hannah Lash and Andreia Pinto-Correia. From the press release: Hannah Lash has received numerous honors and prizes, including the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award and a Charles...

History at La Scala

by sarah | Apr 29, 2011

The point that many long-standing European music traditions exclude women is not news. Neither is the fact that blatantly sexist practices continue, in small or large ways, to this day. Anyone who has ever followed the Vienna Philharmonic can attest to that. However,...