Anne Midgette Declines Honorary Doctorate from Cleveland Institute of Music

Photo credit: Marvin Joseph Music journalist Anne Midgette has declined an honorary doctorate from the Cleveland Institute of Music. In 2018 Midgett gained widespread recognition for her Washington Post piece “#MeToo article on classical music.” Midgette was a classical music critic with the Post until 2019 and was the first woman at The New York Times to regularly write about {…}

‘Operatic Feminisms’ Symposium to be Held at Columbia University

The Columbia University School of Music will present a symposium on March 25, 2023, titled “Operatic Feminisms,” which aims to explore the possibilities for feminist opera studies and the role of women in opera in the 21st century. The symposium will include public panels, workshops, and roundtable discussions featuring scholarly works and cross-disciplinary exchanges. The New Opera Workshop and Columbia {…}