Beach’s Work to be Performed in Colorado

by sarah | Apr 27, 2018

  This weekend the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs in Colorado Springs, Colorado will be presenting their final concert of their season titled Timeless Voices and will feature the work of Mozart, Beethoven, and Amy Beach’s symphony. Beach’s work,...

Sarah Hicks, Versatile Conductor, will Lead Minnesota Orchestra in Beach’s Symphony

by Liane Curtis | Apr 3, 2018

The San Francisco Classical Voice features conductor Sarah Hicks, who will conduct April 4 and 5 screenings of Batman with the SF Symphony.  Conducting live music for films is one of Hicks’ specialties, as is Pops concerts.  She chose this specialization, which,...

Eskin Plays Beach in Maine

by sarah | Nov 6, 2015

We were delighted to feature Virginia Eskin’s review on the new book about the Bauer sisters (in case you missed it, you can find it here) — and now we are delighted that she will be continuing to advocate for women composers in concert next weekend! The...

The Performance: Beach’s Concerto Comes to Life!

by Liane Curtis | Nov 16, 2012

Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in area premiere of rare, remarkable Concerto. [update added at end after hearing second performance] Amy Beach was 33 years old when she gave the premiere performance of her own Piano Concerto (op. 45 in C-Sharp Minor) in April 1900....

Beach’s Concerto Comes to Life!

by Liane Curtis | Nov 15, 2012

It’s one thing to know a piece from recordings and quite another to hear it come to life in the fluid process of rehearsal, with the 100 or so musicians involved in the give and take, the learning process of  bringing an unknown work to life—I was...