garwood_2015Philadelphia based composer Margaret Garwood has died at the age of 88.  David Patrick Sterns of The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote a thoughtful remembrance.

She was interviewed by WRTI and profiled in The Philadelphia Inquirer in 2010,
shortly before the premiere of her opera, The Scarlet Letter.  Her work is available through Hildegard Publishing.

Here is an excerpt from The Scarlet Letter  which was premiered by the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia.