Ethel Smyth’s Mass in NYC performance

by Liane Curtis | Mar 31, 2013

Ethel Smyth is one of the best-known names of female composers of the late-19th and 20th century. But it often seems like her larger-than-life personality overshadows her actual music. It is true that she was articulate and outspoken.  Today it often seems easier to...

A Big Amy Beach Weekend, with Women’s History Month in Full Swing!!

by Liane Curtis | Mar 15, 2013

We know of two performances of Beach’s major works with orchestra that are taking place this weekend. The Waltham (MA) Philharmonic is performing Beach’s Gaelic Symphony on Saturday night. Info here. Her Mass (1890) is being performed in Saratoga Springs,...

Must-Listen Radio: WQXR’s Price of Admission

by SMBrown | Mar 13, 2013

Offering the perfect coda to our recent posts on Florence Price and Margaret Bonds, WQXR’s just-produced radio documentary The Price of Admission devotes a full hour to the life and music of Price. Hosted by former Morehouse professor of music Terrance McKnight,...

Honoring Margaret Bonds

by sarah | Mar 11, 2013

I was thrilled to hear NPR reporting on a woman composer on All Things Considered recently. Celeste Headlee spoke with Louise Toppin, opera singer and voice professor at the University of North Carolina, on the life and work of Margaret Bonds. Bonds, who died in 1972,...

REALLY Think Outside the Bachs!!

by Liane Curtis | Mar 10, 2013