the 44th Annual SAM Conference (part 1): Three Operas

by Liane Curtis | Mar 26, 2018

Our reporter Tim Diovanni continues his report from the Society for American Music 44th Annual Conference.  (Read his Introduction here) Operas by Beach, Smyth, and Higdon: Compelling Opportunities for Diversification In this first installment of the series, I...

Monday Link Round Up: December 11, 2017

by sarah | Dec 11, 2017

News to start your week! The music of Amy Beach was performed at the Nobel Prize Awards Ceremony!  The second movement of Beach’s Symphony was performed by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Joana Carneiro.  Read more about it at...

A Nobel Honor for Amy Beach

by Liane Curtis | Dec 9, 2017

We are thrilled that the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Joana Carneiro, will be performing second movement, Alla Siciliana of Amy Beach’s “Gaelic” Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 (Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy Publications’ revised...

Monday Link Round Up: November 20, 2017

by sarah | Nov 20, 2017

News to start your week! There have been some particularly excellent pieces to come out of WQXR in!  Their list of Eight Classical Era Composers who aren’t named Mozart or Haydn includes Maria Teresea Agnesi Pinottini, Princess Anna Amalia, and Marianne...

Old and New This Weekend

by sarah | Oct 11, 2017

More great concerts this weekend – in California by the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony, in Maryland by the Susquehanna Symphony, and in Colorado by the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs.   The Bay Area Rainbow Symphony, directed by Dawn Harms, will be including...