TBT — Celebrating The Women’s Philharmonic!

by Liane Curtis | Jan 2, 2020

Happy New Year! We are starting a TBT  “Throwback Thursday” series to highlight some of the achievements of The Women’s Philharmonic, the great and influential ensemble (1980-2004). I was reading some work by music critic Joshua Kosman, and I came...

Monday Link Round Up: September 30, 2019

by sarah | Sep 30, 2019

News and music to start your week! The Philadelphia Orchestra has announced that they have discovered letters from Clara Schumann in their archives!  This is just after Clara’s 200th birthday celebration in which many world-famous ensembles spoke about her...

Monday Link Round Up: September 9, 2019

by sarah | Sep 9, 2019

News and music to start your week! The topic of women’s bodies – and body shaming – is not new to the world of classical music, and opera in particular. In recent news, soprano Kathryn Lewek received more words on her body in a review than about her...

Monday Link Round Up: September 2, 2019

by sarah | Sep 2, 2019

Celebrating women’s work in music – today and every day! Happy Labor Day (in the U.S.!) An excellent new Podcast from Listening to Ladies was just released with Elizabeth Blair speaking to Eleanor Alberga.  Don’t miss it! NPR’s All Things...

All kinds of reasons to love Amy Beach’s “Gaelic” Symphony!

by Liane Curtis | Aug 6, 2019

Paired with a work by Stanford in Irish-themed evening An edited and shortened version of this article appeared in the Boston Musical Intelligencer. The Boston Globe had an exciting piece last week in anticipation of the performance of Beach’s...