Nancy Reich Honored with AMY Award

by Liane Curtis | Sep 22, 2012

Ossining, NY — Sept. 20. 2012 As President of Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy, I am proud to grant the AMY Award for Lifetime achievement in Music Scholarship to Dr. Nancy B. Reich. Her book, Clara Schumann: The Artist and the Woman (1985; rev. ed. 2001), was the...

Fanny Hensel’s Cantata in Streaming Broadcast, May 7 at 8 pm

by Liane Curtis | May 6, 2012

The Rochester Philharmonic’s concerts are encored in streaming radio broadcast— this concert (May 7,  2012 Monday, at 8 pm) starts with Fanny Hensel’s Cantata, “Job.”   Find the WXXI Classical 91.5 Stream Player here...

Rochester PO Announces 2012-13 Season

by Liane Curtis | Mar 2, 2012

The Rochester Philharmonic just announced its 2012-13 Season.  In his second season, Maestro Arild Remmereit will continue the orchestra’s exploration of great works by women, both historic and contemporary. As we mentioned in our earlier post, we are thrilled...

More on Diversifying the Concert Stage

by sarah | Nov 17, 2008

I recently wrote about how the lack of diversity in symphony orchestras, and the work that is being done by the Sphinx Organization to increase those numbers by encouraging the involvement of young African American and Latino musicians. Lucky for us – the New York...

What’s In A Name?

by sarah | Oct 6, 2008

The importance of authorship will always be a hot topic for musicologists. I spent my fair share of time hovering over Foucault’s essay on the Author Function, contemplating what influence the composers name itself has on the public reception of a work. When...