Tag: Clara Schumann

  • Monday Link Round Up: August 26, 2019

    Monday Link Round Up: August 26, 2019

    News and music to start your week! We are now accepting applications for our Performance Grants!  Find funding to support U.S. performances of works by women composers! Erica Jeal reviews a new recording of chamber works – specifically pieces for cello and piano – by Fanny Hensel (pictured) and Felix Mendelssohn for The Guardian. Also…

  • Monday Link Roundup: July 29, 2019

    Monday Link Roundup: July 29, 2019

    News and music to start your week! Don’t miss composer Emily Doolittle’s wonderful piece about her experience with gender imbalance in concert programming.  It is wonderfully titled, Why Yes, I Do Want My Music Performed and is available on NewMusicBox. Chapman University posted a conversation with conductor Kalena Bovell (pictured above), a Chapman graduate.  She…

  • Monday Link Round Up: July 22, 2019

    Monday Link Round Up: July 22, 2019

    News and music to start your week! Conductor Karina Canellakis (pictured) made BBC Proms history by being the first woman conductor to lead the ensemble at the First Night of the Proms.  Read more about the historic night, and the kick off of the 2019 Proms Season, at BBC.com.  The opening night kicked off with…

  • Monday Link Round Up: July 15, 2019

    Monday Link Round Up: July 15, 2019

    News and music to start your week! In case you missed it, don’t miss reading Megan Lavengood’s excellent piece on gender and hiring as it relates to the field of Music Theory Andrew Clements reviews the new recording by Isata Kanneh-Mason (pictured) of piano works by Clara Schumann.  Read on at The Guardian. Also at…