Hartford Concert Inspires!

Hartford Concert Inspires!

The Women Composers Festival of Hartford (WCFH) is an indomitable event that has been taking place in March for fifteen years.  Composers, musicians and scholars come together to create this Festival, and on Friday October 26, 2015, their Board of Directors organized...
Featured Guest Blogger: Amy Zigler reviews “The Wreckers”

Featured Guest Blogger: Amy Zigler reviews “The Wreckers”

    Dr. Amy Zigler is Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Salem College in Winston-Salem, NC.  She specializes in music of the 19th and 20th centuries, with a focus on the cultural study of chamber music, the social history of music in Germany and Great Britain,...

The “Female Beethoven” rediscovered in north Germany!

“The Norwegians have their Grieg, The Finns their Sibelius, the Poles have their Chopin.  And WE have Emilie Mayer – we just didn’t know it until now!”  So proclaimed the northern German Nordkurrier  in May 2012, when the Neubrandenburger Philharmonie...
#GivingTuesday

#GivingTuesday

After a long Thanksgiving weekend, we at Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy have spent our time these past two days organizing and processing the 2014 Performance Grant applications.  In even just a cursory review of the applications we are impressed with the...

GRANT DEADLINE EXTENDED TO NOV. 26

Due to several problems that have arisen with our online application process, our Board has decided to extend the deadline for our Performance Grants to Nov. 26, 2014.   The technical issues have now been resolved and applications should proceed smoothly.
Written by Mrs Bach — the Movie

Written by Mrs Bach — the Movie

In 2008 we reported on Prof. Martin Jarvis’ theory, that Anna Magdalena Bach  was not only the scribe but also the composer of some of J.S. Bach’s well-known works.  Now Jarvis is back, expanding his idea and collaborating with Heidi Harralson, a forensic...