Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day!

Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day!

  On this day when we all celebrate Ireland and our (real or embellished) Irish heritage, let’s also take some time to listen to works by women that pay homage to the Emerald Isle.   Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867-1972) was born and raised in Boston....

Monday Link Round Up: February 1, 2016

Some news to start your week! Philip Kennicott, art critic for The Washington Post, contributed to this month’s Opera News to discuss the ways in which topics of gender and race are handled – or not – in current opera productions.  This comes after...
Eskin Plays Beach in Maine

Eskin Plays Beach in Maine

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...
Hartford Concert Inspires!

Hartford Concert Inspires!

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!

Happenin’ in Hartford!

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...