Best of 2018! BBC International Women’s Day Orchestral Concert

by Liane Curtis | Jan 19, 2019

One of the most important events in music of 2018 was the BBC’s International Women’s Day broadcasts and live concerts.  Performances and recordings were aired based on special research aimed at bringing to light unknown music composed by women.  The...

International Women’s Day 2018

by sarah | Mar 7, 2018

In the past few years the enthusiasm and programming surrounding March 8 has expanded in exciting ways.  No doubt due to the response to #MeToo, #TimesUp, and #NeverAgain movements, the plans for this year’s International Women’s Day have felt even more...

International Women’s Day

by sarah | Mar 8, 2017

We hope that you are able to participate in International Women’s Day and #DayWithoutAWoman in whatever way you can.  Stay home.  Wear red.  And tune in to the different radio stations that are making it a point to include works by women composers throughout...

Featured Guest Blogger: Laura Seddon

by sarah | May 14, 2015

Today’s Featured Guest Blogger is Dr. Laura Seddon.  A musicologist working in the UK and author of British Women Composers and Instrumental Chamber Music in the Early Twentieth Century published by Ashgate, Dr. Seddon is the creative director of Contemporary...

Listen to BBC Radio 3 on March 8

by sarah | Feb 4, 2015

BBC Radio 3 is planning a full day of programming of works by women composers in honor of International Woman’s Day on March 8. The schedule will include works of and conversations about Fanny Mendelssohn, Rebecca Clarke, Anna Meredith, Barbara Strozzi, Germaine...