In the past few years the enthusiasm and programming surrounding March 8 has expanded in exciting ways. No doubt due to the response to #MeToo, #TimesUp, and #NeverAgain movements, the plans for this year’s International Women’s Day have felt even more...
News to start your week! Celebrate the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr. by reflecting on the progress that has been made by trailblazers – like Nkeiru Okoye’s opera Harriet Tubman. (Thea Musgrave also turned to the life of Harriet Tubman for an...
We hope that you are able to participate in International Women’s Day and #DayWithoutAWoman in whatever way you can. Stay home. Wear red. And tune in to the different radio stations that are making it a point to include works by women composers throughout...
Today’s Featured Guest Blogger is Dr. Laura Seddon. A musicologist working in the UK and author of British Women Composers and Instrumental Chamber Music in the Early Twentieth Century published by Ashgate, Dr. Seddon is the creative director of Contemporary...
It seems as though my newsfeed has been full of stories related to women and music in recent days. The flurry of activity, almost entirely connected to Women’s History Month – and the BBC Radio 3 devoting so much air time to women composers –...