Amy Beach and Debra Kaye

by sarah | May 5, 2017

Last week audiences in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania were treated to a new edition of Amy Beach’s Mass.  This weekend there are two opportunities to enjoy Beach’s Symphony – a great way to continue the celebrations of her sesquicentennial!   The first...

New (and Remembered) Works

by sarah | Apr 28, 2017

More great concerts – and very different concert experiences – to enjoy this weekend! The Moravian College Choir, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is presenting the premiere of a new edition of Amy Beach’s Mass on April 29.  The work, composed when Beach...

Elizabeth Wood Inspires Hartford Festival

by Liane Curtis | Apr 10, 2017

The 17th annual Women Composers Festival of Hartford invited musicologist Elizabeth Wood to be their Keynote Speaker, and Wood shares her energizing presentation with us here.  It was really more of a Convocation: a kick-off of the Festival, a drawing together of...

Monday Link Round Up: March 6, 2017

by sarah | Mar 6, 2017

News to start your week! The Guardian has reviews of two new CDs of works by women.  The first are works for piano and orchestra, including the Amy Beach Concerto, Dorothy Howell’s D Minor Concerto, and Cécile Chaminade’s Konzertstück. Read the review...

Concerts this weekend

by sarah | Mar 3, 2017

This weekend boasts a lot of great concerts and opportunities to support women’s work in music – contemporary and historic! There are two opportunities to hear Amy Beach’s historic Symphony this weekend.  If you happen to be in London, England this...