The Concert Series at Our Lady Star of the Sea, in Marblehead, MA presents a concert including Amy Beach’s rarely heard concert aria Jephthah’s Daughter for soprano and orchestra. While the concert — 4 PM on May 31 — is free of charge, attendees are invited to bring a non- perishable item for the Marblehead Food Pantry.
More information here and on this Facebook page.
Amy Beach was the earliest American female composer whose works are regularly heard today, on the radio, concerts and streaming platforms. Beach’s Mass in E-flat major and her Gaelic Symphony were premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the 1890’s, to acclaim by both critics and audiences. The Library holds the manuscript of both those orchestral works along with several others. Beach’s long and eminently successful career included a number of European tours, and performances of her piano concertos in which she was the soloist.
Prof. Bomberger is the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Amy Beach, published in 2023 by Cambridge University Press.
Pianist Asiya Korepanova and conductor Zoe Zeniodi bring Amy Beach’s great Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor (op.45) to life on Saturday March 7. The concert takes place in the historic Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, one of the great classical music venues of the world! Despite the Concerto being dedicated to the Venezuelan pianist Teresa Carreño, it has never been performed Argentina, nor (to our knowledge) in South America before! Please let us know if we are wrong (at info@wophil.org). So this is an exciting premiere! The program also includes Marianna Martines Sinfonia, and R. Schumann’s Symphony n. 1.
Many concerts celebrating Women’s History Month feature Amy Beach’s music —
In Pasadena, CA, the ensemble Melodia Mariposa features the Piano Quintet (op. 67) by Amy Beach in their March 7 concert, offered as a celebration . Works by Clara Schumann, and LA-based composer Anna Drubich are also on the program. Melodia Mariposa’s website is here, and this article describes the program in more detail.
On March 8th, Carola Emrich-Fisher (mezzo-soprano) and Lara Dodds-Eden (piano) will present their recital “Unheard Voices” of women composers’ works at Lauderdale House (London). The impressive program will feature music in six languages from three continents, and range from 19th-century Romanticism to contemporary styles. They include Amy Beach’s rare song, The Blackbird, from Op. 11 (1889).
We’ll add more works to this list soon!
The brilliant pianist Asiya Korepranova brings Amy Beach’s Piano Concerto op.45 to life this weekend in Abilene, TX!!
The concert takes place Sat. Jan. 17 – here’s the website of the Abilene Philharmonic, and tickets are here. And we’ve written about the piano concerto — and Asiya’s championing of it — here, and here we provide links to Beach’s own three songs that she drew upon in writing her concerto. So you should definitely not miss this concert (which also incudes Tchaikovsky’s Symphony n. 6)!
On Sunday November 23rd, the San Luis Obispo Master Chorale performs Amy Beach’s The Canticle of the Sun on their program Songs of Joy. The concert featuring vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra, also includes works by Dvořák and Mozart, and will be performed at Harold Miossi Hall at the Performing Arts Center San Luis Obispo on the Cal Poly campus at 3 pm. Tickets here.
Beach’s work, a musical setting of thirteenth-century text by St. Francis of Assisi, was premiered with organ in 1928 and with orchestra in1930. In 2006, A-R Editions published an engraved and edited version of the orchestral parts, facilitating the performance of that full version.
SLO Master Chorale is also hosting two educational presentations by Prof. E. Douglas Bomberger, editor of The Cambridge Companion to Amy Beach (2023). Sat. Nov. 22, 2025, “Amy Beach and the Power of Connections” and on Nov. 23 at 1:15 pm “Dvořák, Beach, and American Music in the 1890s.”
Celebrate Amy Beach’s 158th birthday!
Let’s celebrate recent successes, and upcoming important performances, as recognition of Beach’s music continues to grow!
A few of the recent successes:
March saw the release of a spectacular all-Beach orchestral music CD by the Munich Symphony Orchestra. Directed by Joseph Bastien, the recording features exciting first recordings (!!) of both of Beach’s concert arias Op. 18 – from Schiller’s Maria Stuart (Eilende Wolken, Segler der Lüfte), for Contralto, and Jephthath’s Daughter (Mollevaut), op. 53, for soprano. Also Beach’s song Extase, Op. 21: No. 2. Extase (Victor Hugo) in her own orchestration, and the Symphony op. 32 “Gaelic” and “Bal Masqué,” op. 22. The recording was nominated for the “Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik” (German record-critics prize).
Korepanova by Beach’s name on the Hatch Shell
Pianist Asiya Korepanova performed Beach’s Piano Concerto in c minor, op. 45, both with the NYC-based Pegasus: The Orchestra (we hear a video will be coming out of that, can’t wait!) and just recently by the Landmarks Orchestra of Boston, which got this very detailed and extremely positive review in the Boston ArtsFuse extolling both the work and the performance. The Boston concert also celebrated the 25th anniversary of the addition of Beach’s name to the Hatch Shell (where her name joined that of 87 male composers).
Selected upcoming performances:
Oct. 11, 2025 – San Francisco Symphony, performs Beach’s delightful waltz “Bal Masqué” in a family-friendly program, “Around the World Through Dance.”
The Chattanooga Symphony, led by Ilya Ram, performs Beach’s “Gaelic” Symphony on October 16, 2025.
In Switzerland, the Musikkollegium Winterthur includes Beach’s “Bal Masqué” in its sparkling Dec. 31 – New Year’s Eve concert, led by Kalena Bovell.
We publish many of her works, including the Symphony “Gaelic” and Bal Masqué here on our Shop Page.
The Expansive Canvas Conference, at Trinity College, Dublin, features an Amy Beach session on Aug. 27, including a Lecture Recital by Tammy Hensrud on Amy Beach’s “Maria Stuart: Scena and Aria” for Alto and Orchestra, Op. 18, as well as two presentations on Beach’s symphonic writing. The recitals also include Beach’s Ballade op. 6 and La Captive, op. 40 n. 1.
Amy Beach’s magnificent Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor will be performed Saturday, October 19 @ 7:30 pm by pianist Anne-Marie McDermott with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra under the baton of newly-appointed Artistic Director Mei-Ann Chen! Info and tickets below:
https://www.springfieldsymphony.org/event/new-england-reverie/
Excerpts of “Because I Could Not Stop,” based on Emily Dickinson’s poems and letters with music by Amy Beach, will be broadcast on Classical NEPM on Sunday, March 31 at 7 p.m.
“Because I Could Not Stop” is a coproduction of the Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts, the Ensemble for the Romantic Century of New York City and the Emily Dickinson Museum of Amherst and was funded by the Augustine Foundation.
For more info, visit their website here.
As our catalogue of music publications by Amy Beach continues to grow, we are reminded of this well-deserved Boston Globe review of Beach’s “Jephthah’s Daughter” for Soprano & Orchestra, Op. 53, brilliantly performed by soprano Sarah Pelletier and the New England Philharmonic! You may read the review below or visit the Boston Globe site.
The Lux Choir will be performing Amy Beach’s choral music in Maryland & DC on Aug 11 & 12! The program includes (1) The Greenwood, (2) Dusk in June, (3) Help Us, O God and (4) When the Last Sea is Sailed, together with works by Reger, Rachmaninoff & Dett. For more info, feel free to visit their website.
This weekend, Jan 6-8, the Vancouver Symphony will be joined by violinist Henning Kraggerud to perform works by Grieg, Mozart and Amy Beach’s Romance for Violin, Harp & Strings, arranged by Chris A. Trotman, Director of Publications for Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy! For more info and tickets, please visit the link below:
As part of his series entitled “Symphonies and Concertos without Orchestra (a Covid Compromise),” Daniel Glover will be playing Beethoven’s 3rd Piano Concerto with Beach’s Cadenza this Friday, Dec. 18 at 7pm. The YouTube link for viewing the concert is https://youtu.be/w-WEHzbB40M, and the concert recording will remain available.
https://www.oldfirstconcerts.org/performance/daniel-glover-symphonies-and-concertos-without-orchestra-a-covid-compromise-friday-december-18-at-7-pm/
As part of their program entitled “She’s the First: Music to Celebrate the 19th Amendment’s Centennial,” the Boston Landmarks Orchestra together with soprano Brianna J. Robinson performed the world premiere of Amy Beach’s “The Year’s at the Spring” and “Ah, Love, but a day!” arranged for soprano, piano and string orchestra!
The arrangements that are so beautifully performed were generously donated by Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy and were made by Chris A. Trotman, Director of Publications for WPA! If you wish to know more about the works and/or wish to purchase the music, please visit https://www.amybeach.org/music/publications/.
The YouTube video below begins at the portion featuring Amy Beach and their performances of these new song arrangements, enjoy!
Concerto pianist, Asiya Korepanova, will be joined by Orchestra Miami under the direction of Elaine Rinaldi to present their program entitled “Miami Mujeres,” which is in honor of the 100th Anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment giving Women the right to vote! The concert will also include works by three other note-worthy women composers – Tania León, Amy Beach, Florence Price and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich.
The concert takes place at 8:00 PM on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020, at First Miami Presbyterian Church, located at 609 Brickell Avenue, Miami, FL 33131. VIP tickets, which include the post-concert reception and a reserved seat, are $60 per person. General admission seating for the concert only is priced from $5 to $40. Limited free parking is available at the church parking lot; spillover parking is available at the Bank of America parking garage adjacent to the church. Tickets and complete information can be found at www.orchestramiami.org or by calling (305) 274-2103.
The Congressional Chorus under the direction of David Simmons and joined by piano, timpani and strings will be performing Amy Beach’s monumental Festival Jubilate, Op. 17 as part of their concert entitled “Nevertheless, She Persisted…Music of America’s Women Composers!” Beach wrote this work for the dedication of the Woman’s Building at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1892! The newly-revised, reduced edition (originally for full orchestra, but reduced for piano, timpani and string quintet for this concert) of Festival Jubilate is made available by Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy, and specifically WPA’s Director of Publications Chris A. Trotman! The full orchestral version will also be released soon by WPA. The concert will also include works by many other American composers (visit URL below for more info).
The concert will take place this Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019, 4:30 pm in the historic Church of the Epiphany, and tickets are Preferred $39 (Preferred), $32 (General), $20 (Young Patrons ages 22-30, General) and $10 (Student ages 8-22, General).
For more info and to buy tickets, please click here.
On Nov. 10 in New York City, Beach’s Piano Trio, a wonderful late work, to be performed by the Neave Trio. For more info, visit here.
Here is a rare picture taken from the Etude Cover November 1929 (located in the UNH Special Collections)
A Boston Globe article concerning the upcoming concert featuring Amy Beach’s monumental “Gaelic” Symphony performed by the Mercury Orchestra under the direction of Channing Yu! Presented by the Boston Landmarks Orchestra, the Mercury Orchestra will perform at the DCR Hatch Memorial Shell, Charles River Esplanade, Aug. 7, 7 p.m. Free. 617-987-2000, www.landmarksorchestra.org
An upcoming concert will feature Beach’s monumental “Gaelic” Symphony!
In their program entitled STANFORD & BEACH, the Mercury Orchestra under the direction of Channing Yu will perform both Beach’s Symphony and Stanford’s Phaudrig Crohoore, ballad for chorus and orchestra on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2019 at 7:00 pm at the Hatch Memorial Shell on the Esplanade, Boston, MA (Rain location TBD). The concert is free admission and no tickets required. For more info, please visit http://www.mercuryorchestra.org/concerts.html
The Mercury Orchestra will be performing the Beach Symphony using the revised edition score/parts available from Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy (www.wophil.org). Also, both Dr. Liane Curtis (Founder/President of WPA) and Chris A. Trotman (Director of Publications & Editor-in-Chief of WPA) will be attending!
The Minnesota Orchestra will be performing the monumental “Gaelic” Symphony of Amy Beach this weekend, Sat. April 13 at 8pm! The event will also feature guest speaker Dr. Liane Curtis, who is the Founder/President of Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy! The Orchestra will be performing from the revised edition of the “Gaelic” Symphony available from Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy, and the edition editor/Director of Publications Chris A. Trotman will also be attending!
For more info, click here.
