Elizabeth Recommends: Holiday Music for Orchestra

Elizabeth Recommends: Holiday Music for Orchestra

by | Dec 15, 2022

by Elizabeth de Brito Happy Holidays, everybody! As the festive season is firmly underway, I’ve curated a selection of the finest holiday orchestral and choral music written by women. Whilst the gazillionth performance of Handel’s Messiah may be a longstanding...
Smyth’s Mass in Australia, Oct. 9!

Smyth’s Mass in Australia, Oct. 9!

by | Oct 8, 2022

We rarely blog on the weekends, but we wanted to make sure we mentioned the performance tomorrow (Sunday, Oct. 9) in Australia of Ethel Smyth’s Mass  — it may in fact be the first performance of that monumental work in Australia, and it is very a rare all-Smyth...
Monday Link Round Up: March 23, 2020

Monday Link Round Up: March 23, 2020

by | Mar 23, 2020

News and music to start your week! We are saddened to hear about the death of trailblazer Doriot Anthony Dwyer, pictured above.  She was the second ever woman to be awarded a principal chair position with an American orchestra.  She played principal flute with The...
Monday Link Round Up: June 17, 2019

Monday Link Round Up: June 17, 2019

by | Jun 17, 2019

Music and News to start your week! The New York Times profiled Alma Deutscher – violinist, pianist, and composer who has been putting the classical music world in awe since she was just 4 years old.  Now 14, she’s working on a retrospective album and also...