Monday Link Round Up: May 21, 2018

by | May 21, 2018

News to start your week! Amazing new call for new music from Donne in Musica.  Women composers of all music backgrounds, ages, and nationalities are invited to submit compositions inspired by the struggle for human rights.  The call was inspired by the 70th...
The Performance: Beach’s Concerto Comes to Life!

The Performance: Beach’s Concerto Comes to Life!

by | Nov 16, 2012

Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in area premiere of rare, remarkable Concerto. [update added at end after hearing second performance] Amy Beach was 33 years old when she gave the premiere performance of her own Piano Concerto (op. 45 in C-Sharp Minor) in April 1900....

Beach’s Concerto Comes to Life!

by | Nov 15, 2012

It’s one thing to know a piece from recordings and quite another to hear it come to life in performance. For a deepened understanding of Amy Beach’s Piano Concerto, it helps to be familiar with the three songs that she drew on for themes. These are her own...

More on the Presentation of the AMY Award

by | Jun 7, 2012

It took place a week ago—the presentation of the first ever AMY Award—and what a thrill it was.  I was so honored to give the award before the full orchestra (the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra), and the near-capacity audience (almost 2400, including the 500...
RPO Honored with AMY Award

RPO Honored with AMY Award

by | Jun 2, 2012

Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy was delighted to award the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Arild Remmereit with the first ever AMY Award for Excellence in Orchestral Programming. We have kept up with the RPO over the 2011-2012 season. During his first...