News to start your week! Anna Beer, a writer, historian, and Lecturer at the University of Oxford, just had an editorial published by The Guardian sharing her experience learning about the rich but forgotten history of women’s work in music. She discuses works...
What you need to know as you start your week! After 25 years at the helm, Marin Alsop is stepping down as musical director of the Cabrillo Festival after the 2016 season. Stay tuned to see who may fill these very large shoes for the 2017 season, and what adventurous...
Chinese composer, and Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy Board Member, Chen Yi was recently featured in a conversation with Tan Dun, Chou Wen-chung, and Zhou Long on WQXR. . It’s a fantastic conversation about the immigrant experience and their development as...
Leading up to the Emerging Women marathon on Sunday (August 24), WQXR has presented some statistics about the current role of women as composers in today’s music. The results are, as we’ve come to expect, unfortunate but not shocking. In short: Q2 Music...
New York City’s premiere classical music station, WQXR, is presenting a 24-hour marathon of “Emerging Female Composers.” A poll that they ran in July asked listeners to suggest and then vote for a theme for the most recent installment of the series...
