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Classical 101Question: How can music by women composers be performed on more concerts?Answer: Perform it.That’s what the Columbus-based string quartet Chamber Brews is…
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Classical 101Columbus conductor and clarinetist Antoine Clark wants women musicians and musicians of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds to be heard.Clark is…
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Classical 101There was a time when a woman composer was a relatively rare phenomenon. There was also a time when music critics drew a clear line between "masculine"…
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Classical 101“I think of her as the Beyoncé of the Baroque.”That’s Early Interval soprano Elizabeth McConnaughey’s take on Barbara Strozzi, a woman who, centuries ago,…
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Classical 101Imagine a vocalist singing heartfelt words and beautiful music directly to you.That’s the kind of intimacy that Columbus’ organization devoted entirely to…
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Classical 101Her father told her that studying music was no better than becoming, as he put it, a streetwalker. But that didn’t stop French composer Germaine…
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Classical 101Democracy has been called the worst form of government except for all the others. In the United States, democracy is inextricably linked with the…
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Classical 101Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the mother and mother-in-law. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the music lover. And, thanks…
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Classical 101During Women’s History Month, I continue my conversation with one of today’s most acclaimed women composers, Pulitzer Prize-winner Caroline Shaw.In part 2…
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Classical 101As the saying goes, everything has a price. Had the entry fee for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize competition in music been more than $50, Caroline Shaw might not…