Grieving and healing: Julia Perry’s “Stabat Mater”

by | Jun 30, 2015

The U.S. continues to mourn the massacre of nine African Americans in a South Carolina church.  At the Rev. Clementa Pinckney’s funeral service, President Barack Obama drew on the healing power of words melded with music, as he sang “Amazing Grace.”  This was a...

Monday Link Round Up: June 29

by | Jun 29, 2015

Some news worth reading: Alex Ross wrote about the 2015 Ojai Music Festival, which took place earlier in June, in the July 6 edition of The New Yorker.  Featured composers at this year’s festival included Anna Thorvaldsdottir.  The International Contemporary...
Happy Birthday to Mildred Hill

Happy Birthday to Mildred Hill

by | Jun 26, 2015

  Happy Birthday to Mildred Hill, born June 27, 1859. Though her name isn’t familiar, Mildred Hill (1859-1916) composed what is arguably the most popular and recognizable melody sung today. A musicologist, educator, and songwriter, Hill, along with her...

2015 Summer Festivals

by | Jun 24, 2015

Summer is official upon us – and so, too, is the summer festival season.  Here are some highlights of works by women that can be heard this year. The Aspen Music Festival will include works by Nina C. Young (winner of the 2014 Jacob Druckman Prize), Judith...

Monday Link Round Up: June 22

by | Jun 22, 2015

Some stories that caught our eye over the weekend: Composers Now has announced that Jin Hi Kim and Peter Van Zandt Lane have been awarded the second annual Composers Now Creative Residencies.  The residencies will take place in November 2015 and each composer will...