Mar 11 Blog Rachel Grimes Looks for a Founding Mother in New Documentary Rachel Grimes’ 2019 folk-opera “The Way Forth” tells the story of Kentucky’s founding mothers through spoken word and song. Premiered by the Louisville Orchestra in that same year, Grimes explored the lives of women from the early days of our commonwealth: her own great-great-grandmother Pauline Grimes, Sara Katherine Simpson Jones, Patsy Treadway, and Dolly, a […] By Daniel Gilliam Mar 11 Blog Rachel Grimes Looks for a Founding Mother in New Documentary By Daniel Gilliam
Mar 03 Blog Celebrate International Women’s Day 2021 With WUOL From Hildegard of Bingen to Margaret Bonds, and Elisabeth de La Guerre to Gabriela Lena Frank we’re celebrating music by women on International Women’s Day this Monday, March 8. By Colleen Phelps Mar 03 Blog Celebrate International Women’s Day 2021 With WUOL By Colleen Phelps
Mar 28 Blog Women’s History Month – Rebecca Clarke Born and raised in England, Rebecca was of both English and American nationality. She came from an artistic family and her musical studies were encouraged. Clarke enrolled at the Royal Academy of Music in 1903, where she studied the violin. She left the institution two years later after her harmony teacher proposed marriage. Clarke returned […] By WUOL Mar 28 Blog Women’s History Month – Rebecca Clarke By WUOL
Mar 25 Blog Women’s History Month – Henriëtte Bosmans Henriëtte Bosmans (1895 – 1952) was a Dutch pianist and composer. She came from a musical family as her father was principal cellist of the Concertgebouw Orchestra and her mother taught piano at the Amsterdam Conservatory. Henriëtte studied the piano with her mother and she soon gained a reputation as a quality pianist in the […] By WUOL Mar 25 Blog Women’s History Month – Henriëtte Bosmans By WUOL