Beach work Premiered in WPA Edition

by Liane Curtis | Dec 12, 2021

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

by sarah | 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

by sarah | 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...

2020-2021 Season: By the Numbers

by sarah | May 6, 2020

By Sarah Baer Even amid all of the chaos and uncertainty – and cancelled seasons – due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ensembles are planning for the future.  All major ensembles have released their 2020-2021 season announcements, so we have once again read...

Remembering a pioneering scholar of women in music, Dr. Karin Pendle

by Liane Curtis | Feb 21, 2020

In the past few years, so many have “discovered” the issue of women composers and gender in classical music.  That is — for the most part — great!  But sometimes it does seem like we keep on “re-inventing the wheel.” If  instead we...