From kitchen to carnegie hall
(2020)
Nonfiction
eAudiobook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Second Story Press, 2020
Made available through hoopla
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (7hr., 28 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781772601619 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT13509991, 1772601616 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 13509991
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by Allegra Fullton
In the 1940s it was unheard of for women to be members of a professional orchestra, let alone play "masculine" instruments like the bass or trombone. Yet despite these formidable challenges, the Montreal Women's Symphony Orchestra (MWSO) became the only all-women orchestra in Canadian history. Formed in 1940, the MWSO became the first orchestra to represent Canada in New York City's Carnegie Hall. The stories of those musicians are illuminated here, including the life of the incredible Ethel Stark, the co-founder and conductor of the MWSO
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