Archive for Romantic Chamber Music

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Female Composer Competition

Posted by on March 15, 2012 with 0 Comments

The Detroit Symphony is sponsoring a competition for female composers….check it out ladies! http://www.dso.org/page.aspx?page_id=552   The Elaine Lebenbom Annual Memorial Award for Female Composers WINNER NOTIFICATION DATE AND PREMIERE SEASON FOR THE SIXTH ANNUAL ELAINE LEBENBOM COMPETITION HAVE CHANGED. PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR UPDATES GENERAL DESCRIPTION The Elaine Lebenbom Memorial Award for Female Composers is granted [...]

Quatre Sonnets a Cassandre, Martin F.

Posted by on January 15, 2012 with 0 Comments

I just stumbled onto another gem – another work recommended by Robért Langevin, Principal Flutist with the New York Philharmonic.  Amours de Ronsard,  for Mezzo Soprano, Flute, Viola and Cello  is the most beautiful work of  the Swiss composer Frank Martin’s I have yet to experience….think Debussy and Ravel with a Renaissance twist.  Looking very [...]

Paying Tribute…Jack Wellbaum

Posted by on January 15, 2012 with 0 Comments

The world of Piccolo playing just lost a huge advocate, mentor, teacher, and virtuoso performer…Jack Wellbaum.  It is very rare to find someone who is so universally loved and respected by students and colleagues alike…he was a class act in every way and will be greatly missed.  What he did for the level of piccolo [...]

Louise Farrenc-Piano Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano, e minor

Posted by on October 3, 2011 with 0 Comments

Louise Farrenc (1804-1875) was a female composer and Professor of Piano at the Paris Conservatoire, the only woman to hold this prestigious position in the 19th Century.  A contemporary of Mendelssohn, this substantial work is a rare gem in the literature of flute music.  Not only does it fill a void in the Romantic Flute [...]