More and more ensembles have been embracing the summer festival season in recent years, and using the opportunity to explore new approaches in performance venues and programming. The Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra is one of the most established summer ensembles,...
This past Tuesday, April 19, marked the 124th birthday of French composer Germaine Tailleferre. She is remembered predominately for being the only female member of Les Six, a group of French composers (other members included Louis Durey, Arthur Honegger, Darius...
That Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra has an exciting summer season of concerts planned is no surprise – after all, their tagline is: “Performing diverse music for chamber orchestra.” That diversity is represented in creative and innovative...
Germaine Tailleferre has the distinction of being one of the only women who are regularly remembered in Music History courses—even if it is only due to her association with a group of men. Tailleferre, with George Auric, Louis Durey, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud,...
Though she is often remembered as the only female member of Les Six, the history books often neglect the life and work of Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983) beyond that point. French by birth, she changed her name from Taillefesse to Tailleferre as a young woman in...
