![]() ![]() I don’t believe in that particular performance we performed anything written by a woman, but that project brought the three of us together. I’m constantly discovering new wonders along the way.Īt the end of 2018, Sarah and a friend of hers, clarinetist Michelle Smith Johnson, and I put together a fun Halloween concert. I found myself feeling like Alice by the end of the experience, standing at the very top of a very deep but thrilling hole that contains a new musical cornucopia of creativity and expression I had yet to discover. It was refreshing to peer into a world I hadn’t previously known and Sarah’s enthusiasm for the composers ( Anna Bon, Cécile Chaminade, Lili Boulanger, Sofia Gubaidulina, and Jennifer Higdon), was inspiring. Fanny Hensel, Clara Schumann, and Cécile Chaminade. I couldn’t even name on one hand the names of female composers. I very quickly realized after saying yes, much to my puzzlement and embarrassment, that I had never, in my entire schooling and career covering 39 years (!) performed anything written by a woman. I of course said yes, not because of the program itself, but simply because I rarely turn down an opportunity to perform. I had been asked by a flute player, Sarah Wardle Jones, if I would play piano for a recital she had put together of music composed by women, a particular interest of hers. It all started several years ago, in the summer of 2017. ![]() Guest post by Erica Ann Sipes of Soundfly’s Flypaper ![]()
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