Composer Profile: Victoria Bond, Legendary American Composer & Conductor

American conductor and composer Victoria Bond is one of the most popular artists of opera and classical music today. Over a long career that has included conducting stints around the world and dozens of original compositions, Bond is also notable for her distinction as the first woman to receive a doctorate in orchestral conducting from the Juilliard School. Bond was {…}

Jan 16, 2020

Victoria Bond’s ‘Mrs. President’ To Return to NYC

Composer Victoria Bond and librettist Hilary Bell’s “Mrs. President” is set to return to New York’s Symphony Space on April 27, 2020. The concert performance will feature Valerie Bernhardt as Victoria Woodhull, Scott Ramsay as Henry Ward Beecher, Michael Kelly as Col. James Blood, Katie Hannigan as Roxie, Keely Futterer as Isabella Beecher, and David Charles Tay as Joseph Treat. {…}

Nov 17, 2019

Cutting Edge Concerts Highlights Victoria Bonds’ ‘Mrs. President,’ Camille Claudel

Victoria Bond’s “Mrs. President” will get a showcase at Symphony Space in New York this April 27, 2020 as part of the Cutting Edge Concerts Series. “Mrs. President’ tells the story of Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for the highest office in the nation in 1872. She was often seen as a threat to society and deemed “Mrs. {…}