Tag: Dame Ethel Smyth
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Monday Link Round-Up: May 2, 2022
The rediscovery and exploration of important music by Margaret Bonds is continuing! Wed. May 4, 10:30 AM EDT: Online presentation and discussion: “Margaret Bonds and Black Radicalism” with Dr. Malcolm J. Merriweather, Dr. Rollo A. Dilworth and Dr. Tammy L. Kernodle. This event was filmed to complement the recent performance by the Dessoff Choirs (of…
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Monday Link Roundup: March 14, 2022
We hope you had an exciting International Women’s Day! March 8 revealed this statue of Dame Ethel Smyth, in the town of Woking, UK, where the great composer lived the last decades of her life. Sculptor Christine Charlesworth presents Smyth “wearing her customary tweed skirt, enthusiastically conducting … her face full of concentration … In…
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Monday Link Round Up: August 30, 2021
New and music to start your week! A new set of albums have been released, remastering the recordings of contralto Marian Anderson, pictured above. This groundbreaking performer had a tremendous talent, and overcame daunting obstacles in order to perform in history-making events. NPR shares photos, history, and a sneak peek of the album, released August…
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Monday Link Round Up March 15, 2021
We start with some BIG NEWS! Dame Ethel Smyth’s “The Prison” has become the first work by a historic woman composer to win a Grammy Award. Smyth: The Prison, with soloists soprano Sarah Brailey and bass-baritone Dashon Burton, and the Experiential Orchestra and Chorus directed by James Blachly, won in the Best Classical Solo Vocal…