An annual fixture for the start of Women’s History Month: performances of female composers’ works by young local musicians.
Women’s History Month Highlights
Left to right: Fanny Mendelssohn, Rebecca Clarke, Reena Esmail
Playlist
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Avanti!
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras; Zachary Allen, conductor
First broadcast August 12, 2023
Fanny Mendelssohn: Wanderlied, Op. 8, No. 4
Tyler Wang, piano
First broadcast March 18, 2023
Cécile Chaminade: Sérénade aux étoiles, Op. 142
Hanna Oyasu, flute; Beilin Han, piano
First broadcast May 13, 2023
Jessie Montgomery: Rhapsody No. 1
John Lee, violin
First broadcast May 20, 2023
Rebecca Clarke: Piano Trio:
III. Allegro vigoroso
Trio Nuvola: Sameer Agrawal, violin; Simon Updegraff, cello; Zachary Guo, piano
First broadcast October 7, 2023
Bohdana Frolyak: Kurz
Anna Knight, piano
First broadcast February 25, 2023
Chen Yi: Guessing
Ethan Zheng, piano
First broadcast March 11, 2023
Reena Esmail: Piano Trio:
III. Scherzo
Trio Nuvola: Sameer Agrawal, violin; Simon Updegraff, cello; Zachary Guo, piano
First broadcast October 7, 2023
Miriam Kessler: Op. 55
Miriam Kessler, piano
First broadcast March 25, 2023
Alyssa Morris: Four Personalities:
No. 3, Blue
Zachary Allen, oboe; Mio Nakamura, piano
First broadcast June 17, 2023
Augusta Read Thomas: Sunburst
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras; Allen Tinkham, conductor
First broadcast January 6, 2024