Monday Link Round Up: August 30, 2021

by sarah | Aug 31, 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...

Monday Link Round Up March 15, 2021

by sarah | Mar 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...

Monday Link Round Up: December 28, 2020

by sarah | Dec 28, 2020

News and music to start your week! Happy Christmas to all who celebrate!  Enjoy this lovely Christmas Prelude for Chamber Orchestra by Vítězslava Kaprálova, pictured above.  It was composed in 1939 and broadcast as part of the Paris PTT Radio program “Noël à...

Ballet set to music of Ethel Smyth (streams Dec. 19 & 20)!

by Liane Curtis | Dec 17, 2020

We were excited to learn that Ballet Co. Laboratory’s big holiday production is The Snow Queen, set to music by Dame Ethel Smyth.  Artistic Director Zoé Emilie Henrot sat down with Liane Curtis (WPA President) to talk about how she came to use Smyth’s...

Monday Link Round Up: December 7, 2020

by sarah | Dec 7, 2020

News and music to start your week! Leah Broad writes for The Guardian about the importance in remembering all histories in the retelling of music history.  She particularly champions the life of and work of Dame Ethel Smyth, pictured above, throughout her article...