Frank World Premiere

by sarah | Sep 18, 2014

The Houston Symphony has commissioned a new work by Gabriela Lena Frank.  The world premiere will take place this weekend (September 19-21) as the kick-off of the 101st concert season.  From the press release about the upcoming performance: A Houston Symphony...

2014 Cabrillo Festival

by sarah | Jul 30, 2014

In the latest edition of works by women at a Festival near you, the 2014 Cabrillo Festival will begin this weekend in Santa Cruz, California.  The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, which was founded in 1962, has been under the baton of Artistic Director Marin...

More on Ethel Smyth’s Mass

by Liane Curtis | Apr 4, 2013

In anticipation of the April 14 performance of Ethel Smyth’s Mass in D Major, Liz Wood (musicologist and widely published author) gave an illuminating talk about Smyth and the origins of her Mass.  Virginia Woolf described Smyth’s vigorous character, calling her...

More on Summer Festivals

by sarah | Jun 20, 2011

I recently wrote about the representation of women’s works at the Cabrillo Festival. But, that is far from the only festival where you can hear music by women this summer. In fact, one of the themes for the Oregon Bach Festival is In Praise of Women. Unfortunately...

June Boyce-Tillman Premiere

by sarah | Feb 22, 2011

British composer and educator June Boyce-Tillman just premiered a new work in honor of Julian of Norwich(appropriately) at the Norwich Cathedral. Though the premiere managed did not appear even as a blip on the radar of music journalists, the work or performance did...