Category Archives: Performances and Events

Amy Beach’s monumental Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, Op. 45 will be performed this weekend by pianist Kara Huber and the Ashland Symphony Orchestra under the direction of brilliant conductor Michael Repper!

Amy Beach’s monumental Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, Op. 45 will be performed this weekend by pianist Kara Huber and the Ashland Symphony Orchestra under the direction of brilliant conductor Michael Repper – Conductor! More info here.
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In Wayne PA (not far from Philadelphia) April 13 & 14, performances of Amy Beach’s moving choral-orchestral work, “Canticle of the Sun.”

In Wayne PA (not far from Philadelphia) April 13 & 14, performances of Amy Beach’s moving choral-orchestral work, “Canticle of the Sun.” More info on the flyer below!
A translation by Matthew Arnold of a 12th-century text by Saint Francis of Assisi, Beach came across the poem by accident in the summer of 1923 when she had just arrived at the McDowell artists’ retreat. She was “forcibly” taken by it: “I went out under a tree, and the text took complete possession of me. As if from dictation, I jotted down the notes of my ‘Canticle.’ In less than five days, the entire work was done.” (_Amy Beach, Passionate Victorian_, p. 233 by Adrienne Fried Block)

“Because I Could Not Stop,” based on Emily Dickinson’s poems and letters with music by Amy Beach!

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.

Amy Beach’s “Jephthah’s Daughter” performed and reviewed in Boston!

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.

Happy Birthday, Amy Marcy Beach!!!

As part of our celebration of her extraordinary life and work, we at Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy will soon be releasing our edition of four, previously-unpublished solo piano works, including her exquisite “A September Forest.” You may learn more about this work by Amy Beach and others by visiting our Publications Page.
“A September Forest” was beautifully recorded by pianist Dr Kirsten Johnson, FRSA, and you may listen here.

Premiere of Amy Beach’s Maria Stuart: Scena & Aria for Alto & Orchestra, Op. 18 in Bismarck!

The premiere of Amy Beach’s Eilende Wolken, Segler der Lüfte (or Wand’ring Clouds, sail through the air) from Maria Stuart: Scena & Aria for Alto & Orchestra, Op. 18 will take place on February 4, 2023 in Bismarck, ND, featuring soprano, Tammy Hensrud, as part of the Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra‘s program entitled American Women! The soloist and orchestra will be performing from the first published edition of Maria Stuart available from Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy. The concert will also include Florence Price‘s Symphony No. 4! More info and tickets may be found at this link.

Amy Beach Choral Music in the Netherlands!

Will you come and listen? Among other things, we sing very beautiful a cappella pieces by Amy Beach, gems for a women’s choir. For the first time we perform in the chapel of the Eemklooster, a beautiful location for a program around Shakespeare, with music about elves, witches and other creatures in a special forest. Twan Vet, city poet of Amersfoort, has written very beautiful connecting texts, including a crash course in poetry. We are getting fabulously guided on the wing by Irina Parfenova.

Jephthah’s Daughter for Soprano & Orchestra Premiere in Boston!

Surely Amy Beach is so well-known that we don’t need to advocate for her any more, right? Wrong! Here’s an important AMAZING piece that will receive its WORLD PREMIERE on Dec. 5.
Read about it here
Concert details here

Upcoming performance of Amy Beach’s Cadenza for Beethoven’s 3rd Piano Concerto by renowned pianist, Daniel Glover!

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/

 

The Boston Landmarks Orchestra Premieres Amy Beach Browning Song Arrangements!

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!

An upcoming concert will feature Beach’s Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, Op. 45 in Miami, Florida!

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.

Beach’s monumental Festival Jubilate, Op. 17 will be performed by the Congressional Chorus!

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.

Boston Globe Article Concerning Upcoming Beach Symphony Concert by the Mercury Orchestra in Boston!

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 by the Mercury Orchestra will Feature Beach’s Monumental “Gaelic” Symphony!

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 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.

This week the Marsyas Trio North American tour entitled In the Theatre of Air – North America Tour Begins!

This week begins the Marsyas Trio North American tour entitled In the Theatre of Air – North America Tour!

This year marks their 10th anniversary, and they’re celebrating with their first North American tour, generously supported by the HMUK Doing it Differently scheme. Join them in Brooklyn for two nights, Schenectady, Boston or Toronto, as they perform music by British and American women composers, including Amy Beach, from their recent CD In the Theatre of Air.  The Trio will be performing two previously unpublished works by Amy Beach entitled Pastorale and Caprice, “Water-Sprites,” Op. 90, nos. 1&2, and the newly revised edition is available from Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy Publications!

MUSIC BY
Amy Beach, Hilary Tann, Georgia Rodgers, Missy Mazzoli, Thea Musgrave, Louise Farrenc and Judith Weir

BROOKLYN
Thursday 11 April 2019, 8:00pm
Areté Venue & Gallery
Marsyas Trio join composer/pianist Brian Mark and soprano Rose Hegele, in a concert curated by Ensemble in Process
TICKETS

BROOKLYN
Saturday 13 April 2019, 3:30 – 4:30pm
Areté Venue & Gallery
TICKETS

SCHENECTADY
Monday 15 April 2019, 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Union College
Free entry MORE INFO

BOSTON
17 April 2019, 7:30pm – 9:00pm
Private music club
Tickets $25, to purchase please contact us at marsyastrio@gmail.com

BOSTON
18 April 2019, 8:30pm – 9:30pm
The Lilypad
TICKETS

TORONTO
19 April 2019, 8:00 – 9:00pm
Array Space
TICKETS

Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy has a table at the 2019 Society for American Music in New Orleans!

Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy has a table at the 2019 Society for American Music in New Orleans! If you are here at the conference or are local, feel free to come by and browse our published musical editions, calendars, CDs, etc! Our American published editions include works by Amy BeachRebecca Clarke, Marion Bauer and Ruth Crawford Seeger!

The Signature Symphony at TCC will be performing Amy Beach’s monumental “Gaelic” Symphony tonight!

The Signature Symphony at TCC, under the direction of Andrés Franco, will be performing Amy Beach’s monumental “Gaelic” Symphony tonight as part of their concert program entitled Power of Diversity!

The concert will be 7:30PM CDT at the Tulsa Community College – Van Trease PACE, Tulsa, OK. For more info, please visit here.

Also, they will be performing from the revised edition score and parts available from Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy Publications!

 

Mezzo-soprano Dr. Mary Brown Bonacci of Westfield State University will be performing Amy Beach’s Three Songs, Op. 11 in Kansas!

Mezzo-soprano Dr. Mary Brown Bonacci of Westfield State University will be performing Amy Beach’s Three Songs, Op. 11 (W.E. Henley): Dark is the night (1890), The Western Wind (1889), The Blackbird (1889) in a series of concerts in Kansas early next month! More info below:

March 2 at 2pm – Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery. More info here.

March 6 at 7:30pm – Kansas State University. More info here.

March 7 at 7pm – Tabor College. More info here.

Two upcoming performances of Amy Beach’s music this next weekend, Feb. 23, 2019!

Two upcoming performances of Amy Beach’s music this next weekend, Feb. 23! Also, both orchestras will be performing from editions available from Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy Publications (www.amybeach.org)!

(1) The Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra will be performing Beach’s monumental “Gaelic” Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 on Feb. 23 at 8 PM at Shaughnessy Heights United Church, 1550 West 33rd Avenue, Vancouver, BC. For more info, please click here.

(2) The Springfield Symphony Orchestra together with Rachel Barton Pine, Violinist will be performing an orchestral transcription of Beach’s Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23 on Feb. 23 at 7:30 at Symphony Hall, 34 Court Street, Springfield, MA 01103! For more info, please click here.

February will include two performances of Amy Beach’s music by the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, the second of which will also feature renowned violinist Rachel Barton Pine!!

February will include two performances of Amy Beach’s music by the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, the second of which will also feature renowned Rachel Barton Pine, Violinist!! Also, the orchestra will be performing from editions available from Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy, and you may learn more by visiting our publications page.

Feb. 2 at 7:30 – Their program SCHEHERAZADE & AMERICAN WOMEN COMPOSERS will feature Beach’s Bal Masqué for Orchestra, Op. 22! For more info please click here.

Feb. 23 at 7:30 – Their program MENDELSSOHN’S ITALIAN & BRAHMS will also include an arrangement of Beach’s famous Romance, Op. 23 (originally for violin/piano) for violin, harp and string orchestra with Rachel Barton Pine as violin soloist! For more info please click here.

Check out the recording of Amy Beach’s “The Rose of Avontown” performed by The Concord Women’s Chorus!

Check out the recording of Amy Beach’s “The Rose of Avontown” performed by The Concord Women’s Chorus! The recording is now available via SoundCloud!

The Concord Women’s Chorus (www.concordwomenschorus.org), directed by Jane Ring Frank, presented the concert entitled “Amy Beach and her Contemporaries” on May 12, 2018 at Trinity Episcopal Church in Concord, Massachusetts.

The concert’s featured work, Amy Beach’s “The Rose of Avontown,” was performed by the chorus with a 14-piece chamber orchestra and soprano soloist Adriana Repetto. It was the first performance to use the newly revised edition of Beach’s score and parts, the product of Chris A. Trotman (the Publications Director of Women’s Philharmonic Advocacywww.wophil.org). This publication is part of WPA’s mission of encouraging performances of neglected music by women. “The Rose of Avontown” was one of Beach’s most performed and best-known works in her lifetime, yet it is hardly known today. WPA hopes the new edition will help bring this delightful choral music to many audiences and ensembles, and we are happy to have such a truly wonderful first performance. This work by Amy Beach and many others are available from Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy Publications (www.amybeach.org/music/publications/).

The Metropolitan Orchestra of New Jersey will be performing Amy Beach’s monumental “Gaelic” Symphony!

Metropolitan Orchestra of New Jersey (a community orchestra) conducted by Michael Stratechuk will be performing Amy Beach’s Symphony in E-minor, Op. 32 “Gaelic” on Sunday, November 18, 2018 at 3:00 at the Chatham Middle School, 480 Main Street, Chatham, NJ.

Other works being performed include Leonard Bernstein’s Overture to West Side Story arranged by Maurice Paress, George Gershwin’s An American in Paris, and Aaron Copland’s Rodeo Movement 4 “Hoe-Down”.

Admission is free. For more information, please visit their website.

 

Enjoy an evening of choral and chamber works composed by some sophisticated FIRST LADIES and performed by Cappella Clausura!

Enjoy an evening of choral and chamber works composed by some sophisticated FIRST LADIES who pursued careers as composers despite obstructions galore, and were first in their pursuits. Works by Amy BeachRebecca Clarke, Ethel Smyth, Marianna von Martines, Francesca Caccini and Patricia Van Ness will be performed by Cappella Clausura, Inc. and string quartet under the direction of Amelia LeClair! The concerts will also feature a concert talk with renowned musicologist Dr. Liane Curtis, president of Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy (www.wophil.org) and the Rebecca Clarke Society (www.rebeccaclarke.org)

Concerts:

  • 8PM Saturday, Oct 20 at Eliot Church Newton (474 Centre St, Newton)
  • 4PM Sunday, Oct 21 at Lindsey Chapel Boston (15 Newbury St. Boston). For more info and tickets, please visit https://www.clausura.org/beach-clarke-caccini.

Program:

  • Amy Beach: Quartet for Strings (In One Movement), Op. 89 (1929) & Kyrie from Grand Mass in E-flat, Op. 5 (1892) arr. for string quartet and chorus by Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy Publications Director, Chris A. Trotman. Available from https://www.amybeach.org/music/publications/. Chris will be attending both concerts!
  • Rebecca Clarke: Comodo e Amabile (1924) for string quartet & He That Dwelleth (1921) for double choir a cappella
  • Marianna von Martines: Miserere (1768) for chorus and continuo
  • Francesca Caccini: Duets (1618) for voices and continuo
  • Ethel Smyth: Kyrie from Mass in D (1891) arr. by Amelia LeClair for string quartet and chorus
  • Patricia Van Ness: Premiere of new work for string quartet and soprano