by Liane Curtis | Apr 11, 2022
Exciting News to start your week!!: Opera American has announced the 2022 winners of their Discovery grants. Eight women composers will receive grants to support the development of new opera and music-theater works: Layale Chaker, Ashi Day, Susan Kander, Anne...
by Liane Curtis | Dec 12, 2021
By Liane Curtis Our new edition of Amy Beach’s concert aria “Jephthah’s Daughter” was premiered last week. The edition is part of our project to make high-quality, engraved critical editions available for ALL of Beach’s music. We knew that “Jephthah’s Daughter” was...
by Liane Curtis | Dec 6, 2021
The Philadelphia Orchestra, led by Yannick Nézet Séguin, performs Florence Price’s Symphony No. 3 in a Digital Stage performance on Wednesday, December 8. The concert is then available for on-demand access until Dec. 15. Also on the program is Amanda...
by Liane Curtis | Nov 22, 2021
Composer Stephanie Ann Boyd honored feminist activist Betty Friedan (pictured) in a new composition commissioned and premiered by the Peoria Symphony Orchestra. Born in Peoria 100 years ago. The work featured lyrics drawn from Friedan’s influential work, The...
