Composers You Should Know: Clara Kathleen Rogers and Corona Schröter

by sarah | Jan 14, 2016

Today (January 14) is Clara Kathleen Rogers 172nd birthday, and Corona Schröter’s 265th birthday.   Clara Kathleen Rogers (1844-1931) was an American composer, singer, and educator.  She had the great advantage of being born into a musical family, received...

Announcing 2015 Performance Grant Winners

by sarah | Dec 2, 2015

We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2015 cycle of Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy Performance Grants.  Our panel of judges were very pleased with the number – and quality – of applications and needed to make some hard decisions in how to...

Hartford Concert Inspires!

by Liane Curtis | Oct 29, 2015

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...

Happenin’ in Hartford!

by Liane Curtis | Oct 20, 2015

It’s all happenin’ in Hartford, CT!  Friday, Oct. 23, the Women Composers Festival of Hartford presents this concert, Love, Motherhood, and the Female Gaze, as part of their fundraising campaign for their annual Festival.  They are fundraising for the...

Featured Guest Blogger: Virginia Eskin reviews new book on Bauer Sisters

by Liane Curtis | Sep 10, 2015

This article was reprinted in April 2020, by the Boston Musical Intelligencer, with the provoking title “An American Scriabin?”  Today’s Featured Guest Blogger is the renowned pianist, educator and radio journalist Virginia Eskin.  A Boston and New...