BBC Proms 2021: By the Numbers

BBC Proms 2021: By the Numbers

In a year unlike any other for classical music programming, it is simply a relief to know that live music is once again being scheduled, and that audiences are once again meeting in person.  Those of us that crave concert halls and the anticipation of a downbeat will...
Monday Link Round Up: November 9, 2020

Monday Link Round Up: November 9, 2020

Some news and music to start your week! The Handel and Haydn Society of Boston featured a concert yesterday of works by women composers in honor of the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment.  The Boston Music Intelligencer wrote about what the audience could expect,...

Monday Link Round Up: March 13, 2017

News to start your week! In line with the conversations that have been taking place in honor of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, The Guardian has a fantastic op-ed by Susanna Eastburn, head of Scotland’s Sound and Music, about why...
Honoring Fathers

Honoring Fathers

It can be hard to look past the stories of those composers who faced obstacles in their art at the hands of their own parents.  There are some famous stories – from Germaine Tailleferre, who changed her name to break ties with her father, and Ethel Smyth, who...