Monday Link Round Up: May 27, 2019

Monday Link Round Up: May 27, 2019

News and music to start your week. As we pause on Memorial Day, here are some works by women composers appropriate for today’s reflection. Joan Tower’s Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman – a play off of Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man –...
Rarely Heard Work in San Francisco this Weekend

Rarely Heard Work in San Francisco this Weekend

The Bay Area Rainbow Symphony is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to promoting and supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer identified (LGBTQ) musicians and composers toward the goal of broad crossover appeal and excellence in the performing...
Composers You Should Know: Elfrida Andrée

Composers You Should Know: Elfrida Andrée

Happy birthday to  Swedish organist, composer, and conductor Elfrida Andrée!   She made history as being the first woman organist in Sweden, as well as the first Swedish woman to conduct a symphony orchestra.  Andrée’s work as a composer includes two organ symphonies,...