Women's Philharmonic Advocacy

Tag: Thea Musgrave

  • Monday Link Round Up: January 15, 2018

    News to start your week! Celebrate the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr. by reflecting on the progress that has been made by trailblazers – like Nkeiru Okoye’s opera Harriet Tubman.  (Thea Musgrave also turned to the life of Harriet Tubman for an opera: Harriet, the Woman Called Moses.)  We can also look to the…

  • Monday Link Round Up: December 4, 2017

    News to start your week! Our Generosity Campaign is underway!  Help us raise funding so that we can continue to make positive impact with our Performance Grants, helping more professional, community, and student ensembles expand their repertoire to include works by women composers!  (And grab some fun thank you gifts!) Frank Oteri at NewMusicBox had…

  • Stockton Symphony Plays Thea Musgrave

    The Stockton Symphony is opening their 2017-2018 season on Saturday, September 23 with a great, and inclusive, program.  In addition to Tchaikovsky Brahms, and Berlioz, conductor Peter Jaffe has chosen to include Rainbow (1990) by Thea Musgrave.   Musgrave, who will be celebrating her 90th birthday in May, 2018, was born in Scotland but has lived and worked in…

  • Women Composers of Scotland

    All of the recent news surrounding the Scottish vote for independence has the classical music community reflecting on the music and musicians that have come out of Scotland.  NPR’s Classical Music Blog, Deceptive Cadence, wrote up a quick review of some of their favorite composers and performers.  They included Judith Weir – and how could…