Women's Philharmonic Advocacy

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  • Hidden Herstory – Brahms and his female contemporaries

    Hidden Herstory – Brahms and his female contemporaries

    by Elizabeth de Brito Two Germans, a Brit and a Swede walk into a Leipzig salon – sounds like the beginning of a bad joke doesn’t it? In this month’s Hidden Herstory article we explore the work of four composers –Amanda Maier, Ethel Smyth, Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms, whose lives intersected in late 19th…

  • Featured Guest Blogger: Carol Cubberley on (RE)Discovering Amanda Maier

    Carol Cubberley, a freelance violinist in Boston, MA, became interested in uncovering music by women while at Boston Conservatory, and chose to play only music composed by women at her masters recital.  In 2013 Carol was the violinist for the Apple Hill Festival fellowship trio and was a teaching assistant at Apple Hill in the summer of…