The Beths I thought I was getting better but I’m back to where I started — Elizabeth Stokes, from, “Straight Line Was A Lie“ Jonathan Pearce talks about his Board to Death HERE Benjamin Sinclair has a blog about what he had for breakfast HERE Any final tips for beginners or anyone thinking about playing…
Category: Women Music March 2026
WMM 2026 Day 15 — Amy Beach (1867-1944)
Amy Beachfrom George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) quote link Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (b. 9/5/1867 – d. 12/27/1944) was an American composer and pianist. She was the first successful American female composer of large-scale art music. Early years and Musical EducationShe was born in Henniker, New Hampshire to Charles Abbott Cheney and Clara Imogene (Marcy) Cheney. Artistic…
WMM 2026 Day 14 Iraina Mancini
Iraina ManciniPHOTO CREDIT: Raphael Pour-Hashemi What should you focus on today or tomorrow?Well, as I said in the earlier question, don’t focus on either, focus on the present. People can spend so much time dwelling on the past and the future that they forget to concentrate on making the day their [sic] living in…
WMM 2026 Day 13 — Bic Runga
Bic Runga on the 2010 Winery Tour, in New Zealand. Photo by Nick Chappell. The album that I’ve just made now, the goal was kind of to make a record that was imagining rock having never happened because it’s really sparse. There’s no distorted guitar. I love that sort of music but I don’t make…
WMM 2026 Day 12 — Francesca Caccini
Francesca Caccini Life would leave me before the desire to studyand the passion I have always brought to virtu… because this is worth more than any treasure or fame.— Francesca Caccini wikipedia:Francesca Caccini (b. 9/18/1587 – d. ~1646) was an Italian composer, singer, lutenist, poet, and music teacher of the early Baroque era. She was also known by the…
WMM 2026 Day 11 — Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-53)
Ruth Crawford Seeger (link takes you to a decent article with other pictures of her.)Images courtesy of Peggy Seeger. Ruth Crawford Seeger (nee Ruth Porter Crawford) (b. 7/3/1901 – 11/18/1953) was an American composer and musicologist. Her music heralded the emerging modernist aesthetic, and she became a central member of a group of American composers known as the “ultramodernists.” She…
WMM 2026 Day 10 — Melissa McLelland
Melissa McLelland [W]hen I started singing anything that had a hint of the blues in it or gospel, it just opened my voice up. It stretched everything out. I love those beautiful, slow, spacious songs where I can just enjoy singing. — Melissa McLelland, in an interview at Write On Music. Melissa McLelland press photo…
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