Honoring Margaret Bonds
I was thrilled to hear NPR reporting on a woman composer on All Things Considered recently. Celeste Headlee spoke with Louise Toppin, opera singer and voice professor at the University of North...
View ArticleMust-Listen Radio: WQXR’s Price of Admission
Offering the perfect coda to our recent posts on Florence Price and Margaret Bonds, WQXR’s just-produced radio documentary The Price of Admission devotes a full hour to the life and music of Price....
View ArticleConcerning Race
Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy is working to level the playing field when it comes to the representation of works by women in the classical music repertoire. But it goes without saying that there is a...
View ArticleHigdon World Premiere
A new work by Jennifer Higdon will be premiered on Monday night (February 9) at Carnegie Hall. Thomas Hampson will be featured in the song cycle for baritone and piano titled Civil Words. It was...
View ArticleComposers You Should Know: Margaret Bonds
Happy 103rd birthday to American pianist and composer Margaret Bonds! Born and raised in Chicago, Bonds showed an early aptitude for music and composition. She pursued formal education in music,...
View ArticleHonoring Margaret Bonds
I was thrilled to hear NPR reporting on a woman composer on All Things Considered recently. Celeste Headlee spoke with Louise Toppin, opera singer and voice professor at the University of North...
View ArticleMust-Listen Radio: WQXR’s Price of Admission
Offering the perfect coda to our recent posts on Florence Price and Margaret Bonds, WQXR’s just-produced radio documentary The Price of Admission devotes a full hour to the life and music of Price....
View ArticleConcerning Race
Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy is working to level the playing field when it comes to the representation of works by women in the classical music repertoire. But it goes without saying that there is a...
View ArticleHigdon World Premiere
A new work by Jennifer Higdon will be premiered on Monday night (February 9) at Carnegie Hall. Thomas Hampson will be featured in the song cycle for baritone and piano titled Civil Words. It was...
View ArticleComposers You Should Know: Margaret Bonds
Happy 103rd birthday to American pianist and composer Margaret Bonds! Born and raised in Chicago, Bonds showed an early aptitude for music and composition. She pursued formal education in music,...
View ArticleMonday Link Round Up: March 4, 2019
Celebrate Women’s History Month by remembering women composers! Our 2019 Women Composers Calendar is now ON SALE! Grab your copy for just $13, including shipping. Find it in our shop. Plan ahead for...
View ArticleSAM Conference: Day 3
Our adventures at SAM in New Orleans continue with more fantastic papers, food, and camaraderie! On Saturday morning I attended a truly wonderful session focusing on the lives and music of Florence...
View ArticleMonday Link Round Up: January 20, 2020
News and Music to start your week! Wishing everyone a meaningful and reflective Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! Celebrate by listing in to DiscoverClassical.com which features a day of music programming...
View ArticleMonday Link Round Up: June 1, 2020
It’s been an unbelievably difficult week for BIPOC (black, indigenous, and people of color) and allies. We at WPA stand with you in the fight for justice. Though not outwardly stated by NPR, I suspect...
View ArticleMonday Link Round Up: January 20, 2020
News and Music to start your week! Wishing everyone a meaningful and reflective Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! Celebrate by listing in to DiscoverClassical.com which features a day of music programming...
View ArticleMonday Link Round Up: June 1, 2020
It’s been an unbelievably difficult week for BIPOC (black, indigenous, and people of color) and allies. We at WPA stand with you in the fight for justice. Though not outwardly stated by NPR, I suspect...
View ArticleMonday Link Round Up: November 16, 2020
News and music to start your week! Congratulations go to Grace Moore, pictured below, who had her work premiered by members of the New York Philharmonic as part of their Very Young Composers program....
View ArticleMonday Link Round Up: February 1, 2021
News and music to start your week! On the first day of Black History Month (which should be every month) let’s look at Colorado Public Radio’s list of Contemporary Black Composers You Should Know....
View ArticleMonday Link Round Up: February 8, 2021
News and music to start your week! I Care if You Listen posed five questions to Canadian composer Alexina Louie (pictured above) and Evie Mark, who is a throat singer. They talk about Louie’s Take The...
View ArticleMonday Link Round Up – March 8, 2021
News and music to start your week! Happy International Women’s Day! Check out this post for the ways we’ve found you can listen to works by women composers (as well as learn about them) throughout...
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