Music for Memorial Day

by sarah | May 30, 2016

Today we are celebrating Memorial Day in the United States – a time to reflect, remember, and be grateful for those who have served in the armed forces. We wish everyone a meaningful day spent with friends and family, and listening to powerful and provocative...

Featured Guest Blogger: Report from German Conference on Women and Gender Studies

by Liane Curtis | May 23, 2016

I was recently in touch with musicologist Anja Bunzel, because I am intrigued by her research project on Johanne Kinkel. Bunzel will write another post for us about Kinkel, but first we asked her to share with us about the annual conference of the Working Group for...

Monday Link Round Up: May 23, 2016

by sarah | May 23, 2016

News to start your week! NPR’s Weekend Edition featured a conversation with Anna Beer and her new book, Sounds and Sweet Airs: The Forgotten Women of Classical Music.  (Purchase your copy here!)  Read the conversation on the NPR website, or listen below!  ...

Hannah Lash in New Haven

by sarah | May 18, 2016

The New Haven Symphony Orchestra will be performing the second movement of a new work by Hannah Lash this Thursday (May 19), which is supported in part by a WPA Performance Grant. As composer in residence for the NHSO, Lash is composing a symphony inspired by the...

Monday Link Round Up: May 16, 2016

by sarah | May 16, 2016

News to start your week! It’s with a heavy heart that we share the news of the death of Jane Little – bass player with the Atlanta Symphony, and the worlds longest serving orchestral musician – has died after collapsing on stage.  Read more at...