The fast paced year of 2025 was for The Gena Branscombe Project one that opened the flood gates of creativity. Once our non-profit status 501 (c)(3) was granted in late December 2024, we began planning future concerts, networking with artists to perform Gena Branscombe's music, fund raising for our scholarships and awarding our yearly scholarships to three talented musicians.
Our 2025-2026 concert schedule:
A dream came true when we scheduled an August 15, 2026 concert in Gena Branscombe’s hometown of Picton, Ontario. The music performed on that concert will be her tribute to her beloved country whether through the Canadian poet’s whose words she set, works she composed while living in Picton or portions of her unfinished opera, “Bells of Circumstance” which honors the first French settlers of Canada.
In February and March 2026 we present "Winds of Change, Songs of Time," a concert honoring the first women composers to be invited to join the National League of American Pen Women. These composers were the leading women composers of the era, a responsibility they took seriously presenting concerts in Washington, DC and throughout the country. If you are in New York City or Boston, please join us.
As you see from the flyers I’ve included, all the concerts we have in the year 2026 spread the historical beauty of a woman composer’s music who lived over 100 years. She had been lost in time and circumstances, yet, we are bringing her back into the 21st century.
It was a pleasure to be part of, work alongside the strong, committed and dedicated Gena Branscombe Project Board members – Dan Ryan, Regan Russell and Jessica Bloch-Moisand. Thank you to these wonderful people.
And, plans for 2027 are in the works!
#BringingBackBranscombe
