Happy Women’s History Month!

by Liane Curtis | Mar 7, 2024

We are thrilled that many concerts are taking place to celebrate Women’s History Month – As our friend conductor Wilbur Lin says, “Elevating women artists should not be limited to a single month, but #WomenHistoryMonth is always a good time to review how we are...

Celebrating Vivian Fine

by sarah | Sep 28, 2023

Today, Sept. 28, 2023, is the 110th birthday of Vivian Fine.  This blog was originally published on March 20, 2011, titled Remembering Vivian Fine. Sunday, March 20th (2011), marked the 11th anniversary of the death of Vivian Fine (1913-2000) and the loss of a truly...

Monday Link Roundup: March 14, 2022

by Liane Curtis | Mar 14, 2022

We hope you had an exciting International Women’s Day! March 8 revealed this statue of Dame Ethel Smyth, in the town of Woking, UK, where the great composer lived the last decades of her life.  Sculptor Christine Charlesworth presents Smyth “wearing her...

Happy International Women’s Day! And Link Round-Up!

by Liane Curtis | Mar 7, 2022

Happy Women’s History Month and (tomorrow) International Women’s Day! We are thrilled to unveil our newly updated and expanded database “500 Operas by Women”!!  Last week we scolded the Met Opera for their continued denial of women’s creativity as composers.  So here...

International Women’s Day Events 2021

by sarah | Mar 7, 2021

March 8 is International Women’s Day – and one of the few days of the year that those of us who seek out music by women composers have an abundance of choice.  Listen in to the different offerings that we have found: Renowned scholar and pianist Dr....

Women’s History Month 2021 Listening

by sarah | Mar 1, 2021

Throughout the month of March we will be posting a new work by a woman composer on Twitter every day.  Find us @WomensPhil to follow along, or bookmark this page, which will be updated as we go! ComposerWorkScoringRecordingPublication Information Denisch, BethFire...