Classical Music
The MEP Women's Choir
Simeon takes us to a rehearsal of the MEP Women's Choir in Caen, Normandy. Inspiringly, the choir turns out to be lesson in civics.
The classical music of Women’s Rights!
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Pianist Katherine Petersen and violinist Charlene Kluegel pose for a portrait in summer, 2025.
WASHINGTON,D.C.: Dissidents of the Gilded Age is Duo FAE’s tribute to three pioneering women composers whose work and lives defied the social confines of their time.
Featuring Trois Morceaux op. 31 by Cécile Chaminade, Violin Sonata in A minor, op. 7 from suffragette Dame Ethel Smyth, and Amy Beach’s sweeping Violin Sonata in A minor, op. 34, these chamber works for violin and piano stand as acts of bold artistic and political expression.
Anchored in the women’s suffrage movement of the 19th and early 20th centuries, this collection connects historical and musical dissidence with the present and enduring fight for Women’s Rights.
Let’s discover the classical music of Women’s Rights!