Composer of the Month: Chiquinha Gonzaga

Composer of the Month: Chiquinha Gonzaga

Editor’s Note:   While our focus at WPA is on women in classical music, we know the boundaries of the term “classical” have always been flexible and porous, from the earliest music of the Western church appropriating popular melodies, to Lizzo...
Beach work Premiered in WPA Edition

Beach work Premiered in WPA Edition

By Liane Curtis Our new edition of Amy Beach’s concert aria “Jephthah’s Daughter” was premiered last week.  The edition is part of our project to make high-quality, engraved critical editions available for ALL of Beach’s music.  We knew that “Jephthah’s Daughter” was...
Monday Link Round Up: May 18, 2020

Monday Link Round Up: May 18, 2020

News and music to start your week! Don’t miss 5 Questions to Sunita LeGallou, who is a the producer and host of Music for PhD’s, a podcast that features different Canadian composers each episode. LeGallou is, herself, a visual artist and paints to a piece...
Monday Link Round Up: May 11, 2020

Monday Link Round Up: May 11, 2020

News and music to start your week! Belated Happy Mother’s Day greetings!  Continue the celebration with Classical FM’s recommendations for music to honor mothers – including works by Amy Beach, Rebecca Dale (pictured above), Roxanna Panufnik, and...