Music Meets Drama

  In late March I received an e-mail asking me to review pianist Jennifer King’s recording, Souvenance .   I highly recommend listening to this recording, not just once, but many, many times. Congratulations to Jennifer on a beautiful presentation of Romances, Nocturnes and a Meditation composed by eight women composers. https://www.jenniferkingpiano.com/ https://lnk.to/souvenance You can buy or stream the recording on almost any platform.  Enjoy! Here’s my review: Nineteenth century French Impressionist painters created works of art depicting night.  Their use of darkly hued colors affects our senses.  Not to be outdone, French Impressionist composers took up the word “Nocturne” and began creating short works, that similar to the paintings, created the sense of night employing the colors a pianist infuses in their playing.  Jennifer King’s newly released CD; Souvenance is a delectable presentation of Nocturnes, Romances and a Meditation composed by ...

  There in front of me was a Facebook ad   - “Women of Romanticism” - concert to be held at the New York Society for Ethical Culture on March 12, 2022.     Hmmmm, that caught my interest, sounded interesting and I should probably attend.   I purchased a ticket not knowing any of the performers yet the composers Fannie Mendelssohn Hensel, Cecile Chaminade and others were familiar to me.   As I sat through the concert all I could think was, “Meeting these talented and gifted performers is going to happen.   We will, some day in the future, collaborate on a Gena concert.”   That was just the beginning of what now is three years of friendship and concertizing.     After the concert I approached soprano Stefanie Izzo introducing myself as an authority on Gena Branscombe.   Stefanie is an authority on women composers….. a lot of women composers, yet she had not heard of Gena.   We agreed to be in touch to discuss Gena songs fo...

  ATTENTION - Up-and-coming COMPOSERS and ARTS ADMINISTRATORS - The Gena Branscombe Project has extended its deadline for your scholarship applications. THE NEW DEADLINE IS MAY 30, 2025. Tell your friends, students and colleagues. Go to our website, read about Miss Branscombe, her music, career and life. Read about our past winners and this year's judges. Composers and Arts Administrators APPLY NOW and beat the new deadline of May 30, 2025. #BringingBackBranscombe #TheGenaBranscombeProject #MusicScholarships #Artsadminscholarships #Composerscholarships #Extendeddeadline

  For the past five years The Gena Branscombe Project has awarded an annual scholarship to up-and-coming Arts Administrators, Conductors and Composers.   It has been an honor for us to support the winners who are completing their formal education, who need help progressing into their professional careers or who need tools of the industry to enhance their work.   The Project has made it our mission to stay in touch with our winners.   We gather information about their concerts, compositions and activities to update on Facebook and Instagram pages.   All of our winners are doing great things.   Over the past two weeks I have had the pleasure of meeting three of our winners here in New York City.   What a joy to be with them in person, hearing their stories, their hopes and accomplishments, then, talking about life in general.   First, I met our 2024 composer winner, Emily Clements, for coffee and a nice long chat.   Several days lat...

 The Gena Branscombe Project is officially a 501(c)(3) non-profit.  The hard work and dedication put forth by the Board of Directors of the Project is admirable.  We breathe a sigh of relief that this phase of our work is complete.  Onward we move to rewarding scholarships, sponsoring #BringingBackBranscombe concerts and much more.  Our thanks to Foster Garvey PC for their support and guidance.   #BringingBackBranscombe