Monthly Archives: March 2018
WHY AMY BEACH MATTERS: A presentation by Dr. Liane Curtis (Ph.D., Musicology) and performance of two works composed by Beach taking place 3 times on March 22, 23 and 25, 2018
Enjoy an evening concert by the Orchestra of Indian Hill entitled “Sounds and Sweet Airs: Celebrating Women Composers,” which will include Amy Beach’s Bal Masqué for Orchestra, Op. 22 and other works by women!
Enjoy listening to Amy Beach’s Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op. 67 as well as works by the Boulanger sisters and more performed by members of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra!
London-based Marsyas Trio is Fundraising for Video Recording of Amy Beach’s “Pastorale & Caprice (The Water Sprites)” for Flute, Violoncello and Piano!
The London-based Marsyas Trio will be recording a CD “Gates of the Soul,” which will be released with NMC Recordings (one of the leading British labels) in October, to celebrate the centenary of women’s suffrage in the UK. The disc will feature music by six living British women composers, including Judith Weir who is our first ever female Master of the Queen’s Music, and two composers who have spent their lives living in the USA: Hilary Tann and Thea Musgrave.
In conjunction with this upcoming CD recording project is the “Stretch Goal” video recording project of AMY BEACH’s “Pastorale & Caprice (The Water Sprites)” for flute, cello and piano, which were written in 1921, a year after American suffrage was obtained, and so connect with the theme of their CD rather nicely! They have a fundraising campaign to record these two works by Beach, and the URL is www.marsyastrio.com/kickstarter. They’ll be setting visuals made from shadow puppetry to the video, to accompany the music, and this will all be freely available on YouTube or similar. Please consider providing financial support for their project! Their fundraiser runs until March 15.
In the words of the Marsyas Trio cellist Dr. Val Welbanks:
“Women of my generation and younger take our rights for granted and we know very little about how difficult things were before us. So if people can give a little money towards our project that’s great (!) but mainly we’re using this as a way to contribute to the year’s celebration of the strong and creative women before us, and around us, and to participate in the discussion on how we can take the next steps towards equality. And of course this will also be our contribution towards celebrating (albeit a little late) Amy Beach’s 150th anniversary!”
Enjoy an evening featuring the life and music of Amy Beach presented and performed by pianist Lillie Gardner!
Enjoy an evening featuring the life and music of Amy Beach presented and performed by pianist Lillie Gardner!
Celebrate Women’s History Month with Amy Beach’s “Gaelic” Symphony Performed by The Lower Merion Symphony!
Celebrate Women’s History Month with Amy Beach’s “Gaelic” Symphony, the first symphony composed and published by an American woman! The Lower Merion Symphony will be performing from the revised edition of Beach’s Symphony available from Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy Publications!