Samantha Ege performs Florence Price’s Fantasie Nègre No. 1 in E minor, in “Of Folk, Faith & Fellowship: Exploring Chicago’s African-American Women Composers,” at Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, 2019.
In Tuesday’s (3/19) M-A Chronicle, the student newspaper of Menlo-Atherton High School (Atherton, California), Andrew Ahn writes, “Menlo-Atherton Orchestra director William Flaherty said, ‘It’s possible, even today, to go all the way through a comprehensive program of music education and earn a Master’s degree in music without hearing about even some of the most famous female classical artists.’ Since women first entered professional orchestras in 1913, they have made large strides. However, female representation in the modern orchestral repertoire has remained limited. Listen to a few extraordinary female composers whose stories highlight the incredible influence women have had on orchestral music.” The article includes video clips of performances of works by Amy Beach (Gaelic Symphony), Rebecca Clarke (Violin Sonata), Florence Price (Fantasie Nègre), Fanny Mendelssohn (Easter Sonata), and Jennifer Higdon (Percussion Concerto).
