Celebrating the centennial of the 19th amendment with a 3-part series of works by women composers of the past and present. Join us on the premiere dates for live artist chats!
Part 2: Four Centuries of Song
Premiering September 26, 2020
Anna Singer is composer and suffragette Ethel Smyth looking back on what it was like to be a composer and a woman in Rachel Peters’ Ethel Smyth Plays Golf in Limbo, kicking off an inspiring survey of art song by women from the 17th through 20th centuries.
Works by:
Ethel Smyth, Rachel J. Peters, Barbara Strozzi, Anna Amalia, Isabella Colbran, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Clara Schumann, Pauline Viardot, Amy Beach, Alma Mahler, Rebecca Clarke, Lili Boulanger, Florence Price, and Undine Smith Moore
Artists:
Anna Singer as Ethel Smyth
Charlene Canty, soprano
Helen Zhibing Huang, soprano
Lara Lynn McGill, soprano
Maria Dominique Lopez, mezzo-soprano
Timothi Williams, mezzo-soprano
Karen Jeng Lin, piano
Jesse Leong, piano
Zach Neufeld, piano
