by Liane Curtis | Oct 5, 2024
Marianne Martines’ works continue gaining recognition – Boston’s Horizon Ensemble performs her Symphony in C on Sunday, Oct. 6 – the concert is “pay what you can” and will stream, if you are unable to attend in person. More information here. The theme of the...
by Kathleen McGowan | Sep 30, 2024
Exciting News!! Composer Jeanine Tesori has become the first woman composer to open a season for the Metropolitan Opera in its 141 years of operation. Her opera Grounded was given a gala premiere, starring mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo on September 23,as announced in...
by Liane Curtis | Jul 19, 2024
Maria Antonia Walpurgis has turned 300, and we think the Princess could use a little more fanfare, please!! Baptized Maria Antoina Walpurgis Symphorosa, she was born at Nymphenburg Palace in Munich (18 July 1724). Her titles included Princess of Bavaria and Electress...
by Liane Curtis | May 17, 2024
We continue our series, Composers to Discover! featuring essays by students in the Public Musicology Certificate Program at Columbus State University. Today’s essay is by Madison Witzke, a Columbus-(GA)-born and raised native attending the Schwob School of...
by Liane Curtis | Oct 10, 2023
By Dr. April Lynn James. Part 1 is published here My bestselling book,* The Tenth Muse: How Maria Antonia Advanced the Pastoral Opera, is a major revision of the dissertation I completed in 2002. Why did I not publish it then? I had other things to do with my life...