American composer Louise Talma (1906-1996) was the first female winner of two back-to-back Guggenheim Awards (1946, 1947), the first American woman to have an o

American composer Louise Talma (1906-1996) was the first female winner of two back-to-back Guggenheim Awards (1946, 1947), the first American woman to have an o

With a life that spanned nearly a century, at her death Nadia Boulanger was still director of the American School of Music at Fontainebleau, which she helped fo

Explores the relationship between listening and musical composition focusing on nine American women composers inspired by the sounds of the natural world

The Alcestiad by Thornton Wilder tells the story of Admetus, King of Thessaly (rich in horses), his wife Alcestis, and the triumphs and tragedies they endure as