Monday Link Round Up: October 24, 2016

by | Oct 24, 2016

News to start your week!   In another follow up to the performance of works by Saariaho by the New York Phil, read the review by Alex Ross in the October 31 issue of The New Yorker.  The full article is available online here.   Cellist Evangeline Benedetti...
Fanny Hensel at the Ballet

Fanny Hensel at the Ballet

by | Oct 22, 2016

“Fanny for ballet!!” read the text message. I blinked and did a double-take at the accompanying photo. Indeed, selections of Fanny Hensel’s “Das Jahr” — The Year — a cycle of piano pieces composed in 1841, were the music for a...

Monday Link Round Up: October 17, 2016

by | Oct 17, 2016

News to start your week! The third episode of the Listening to Ladies podcast is live!  Listen here to a conversation with composer and sound artist Anna Höstman. The New York Philharmonic performed a new work by Kaija Saariaho at the Park Avenue Armory this past...
Call for Papers for Women Composers Festival of Hartford

Call for Papers for Women Composers Festival of Hartford

by | Oct 12, 2016

The annual Women Composers Festival of Hartford is an event not to be missed, and we are excited to know that planning for the 2017 festival is already well underway.  The four day event always includes amazing concerts, papers, workshops, and conversations about the...