Monday Link Round Up: June 3, 2019

Monday Link Round Up: June 3, 2019

by | Jun 3, 2019

News and music to start your week! The exciting conference Women, Feminists, and Music: Transforming Tomorrow Today kicks off on Thursday, at Berklee College of Music in Boston.  The conference brings together the International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) and...
Joan Tower Honored by League of American Orchestras

Joan Tower Honored by League of American Orchestras

by | Jun 2, 2019

Congratulations to Joan Tower who will be awarded the Golden Baton at this year’s League of American Orchestras Conference in Nashville, TN (June 3-5)!  The Golden Baton is organization’s highest honor. One of Tower’s most well known works, Made in...
Monday Link Round Up: May 27, 2019

Monday Link Round Up: May 27, 2019

by | May 27, 2019

News and music to start your week. As we pause on Memorial Day, here are some works by women composers appropriate for today’s reflection. Joan Tower’s Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman – a play off of Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man –...
Miriam Gideon’s “Fortunato” Premiered

Miriam Gideon’s “Fortunato” Premiered

by | May 26, 2019

We were thrilled to hear the stream of Miriam Gideon’s 1958 chamber opera, Fortunato, last week. This was the world premiere of this work, which Gideon apparently wrote hoping that it would be performed by the NBC Opera Theatre.  She composed it in three acts,...