Music Meets Drama

With many thanks to Carolyn Sebron for interviewing me for her web series, C'est Sebron.  The twenty two year journey of creating The Gena Branscombe Project from finding Miss Branscombe's music, recording her songs, my one-woman show, the performance of Pilgrims of Destiny, all the people involved and now our scholarship fund are explained.  It's quite the journey and one for which I have great pride.  Thank you, Carolyn.     #BringingBackBranscombe

Fifteen years ago my friend, colleague and composer Heather Seaton along with several of her fellow student composers founded the Women Composers Festival of Hartford.  Their collective anger came from the fact that not one woman composer was represented on the Hartt School of Music’s recital programs.  For the next nine years, Heather and her friends saw their initial season of the Women Composers Festival blossom into an international event.  See my blog post of September 2011.  Six years ago Heather invited Martin and I to perform Life! Love! Song! A Visit with Gena Branscombe in Hartford  The following day there was a concert of Gena’s instrumental and choral works.  A weekend of celebrating Gena Branscombe, her life and music was a dream come true.  At the end of her ninth season as director, Heather gave up her leadership and handed off the management role to Daniel Morel.  He has kept the Women Composers Festival moving int...