The Absolutely Essential Work of The Women’s Philharmonic: Holding On To Women’s Music History By A Thin, Fraying Thread

by Liane Curtis | Nov 20, 2023

We originally published this post on Feb 26, 2021  and are now reposting, since it is so important to our work!  Guest author Mary Purpura completed an MA Thesis about The Women’s Philharmonic in 2016.  Her research provided an important history of our founding...

A Great Composer responds to the pandemic. Fanny Mendelssohn in 1831

by Liane Curtis | Apr 4, 2021

This blog post of May 17, 2020 was one of our most popular of last year, and as we passed the one-year anniversary of the shutdowns and quarantines in response to Covid-19, it is worthwhile to recall Fanny Mendelssohn’s response to the frightening pandemic of...

Monday Link Round Up: November 16, 2020

by sarah | Nov 16, 2020

News and music to start your week! Congratulations go to Grace Moore, pictured below, who had her work premiered by members of the New York Philharmonic as part of their Very Young Composers program.  Moore, who was born in Brooklyn, said that her work was inspired in...

Monday Link Round Up: July 22, 2019

by sarah | Jul 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...

Monday Link Round Up: March 13, 2017

by sarah | Mar 13, 2017

News to start your week! In line with the conversations that have been taking place in honor of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, The Guardian has a fantastic op-ed by Susanna Eastburn, head of Scotland’s Sound and Music, about why...