Bach’s Lunch: La Femme Vaillante: Reviving the Musical Legacy of Augusta Holmès, Part 2 (Lecture and Performance)
Join contralto Melissa Elsman (our newest voice faculty) and pianist Kathryn Southworth for Part Two of this lecture–recital exploring the life and music of nineteenth-century Parisian composer Augusta Holmès. Denied access to the Paris Conservatory like her male peers, Holmès persuaded César Franck to take her on as a private student. “She arouses in me ... Read more