If you have had an NEA grant withdrawn or terminated, please consider logging it on this crowd-sourced, artist-approved spreadsheet:

NEA Cuts data points so far (datasheet listed below): # of impacted orgs: 425 Amount of grant funding: $12.1M % of total cuts from Theatre, Music, and Dance: 38.7% Amount of grants from T/M/D: $4.7M 72% of cuts come from 10 states (in order): NY, CA, TX, MA, PA, WA, MN, IL, MO. bit.ly/4kc2Qi1

Showing up

TONIGHT! Join us for a free screening of Crossings, about the 30 women who crossed from North to South Korea for peace, with a special appearance by activist Aiyoung Choi. Get full details at events.towson.edu/event/film-s.... #BaltimoreArt

While I haven't yet performed anything by #composer Reena Esmail, I've been following her work for a long time. Most recently I heard a whole festival themed on her music this past October. Find her works at www.reenaesmail.com. Don't forget to support #womencomposers this month and always!

Germaine Tailleferre was the only #womancomposer in Les Six. She lived 1892-1983 and wrote solo, chamber, concerto, orchestral, radio, and film works. Her Arabesque for #clarinet and #piano has a melody I dare you to forget. You can find some of her works on IMSLP.

JD Vance’s French Horn Solo Booed At Kennedy Center

The universe brought @whistlinghens.bsky.social together with #composer #clarinetist Jennifer Stevenson during the pandemic, and are we so glad it did. That relationship started with Letter From Beirut, then Musical Invective and Nesta Rua. Wander her lovely catalog at tessellamusic.net

Only a few weeks ago I discovered the #music of Ivette Herryman Rodríguez and was captivated. I haven't had the chance to play anything by her yet but it's on my wish list! Treat your ears to her music at www.ivetteherryman.com, and don't forget to support #womencomposers this month and always!

Discovering Victoria Bond's #music has been a source of joy for @whistlinghens.bsky.social starting with Scat 2. Now we're preparing to premiere Lingerie, a piece we commissioned last year. Here's a sneak peek of the hilarity to come👙 Victoria's catalog is huge! Explore at www.victoriabond.com

I can't remember how I stumbled across Ke-Chia Chen's work, but I'm so glad I did because I discovered Song of the Wanderer for #clarinet and #piano. It is transportive. Explore her works at www.kechiachen.com, and don't forget to support #womencomposers this month and always! #classicalmusic

I met Cherise Leiter in 2019, and she transcribed @whistlinghens.bsky.social first work, American Folk Suite. Since then, we've worked together on Eve's Diary, Dear Old Year, and Friends from my Childhood. Her catalog is substantial and delightful - check it out at www.cherisedleiter.com

In the past year it has been a delight to work with and play music by Jane K. A Cycle of Love Songs (rearranged for clarinet/soprano) and two trios for cl/hn/bsn (and much more!) are available at www.janekmusic.com, and don't forget to support #womencomposers this month and always!

BREAKING: In response to our lawsuit, the National Endowment for the Arts will no longer force grant applicants to certify that they won't promote "gender ideology." This is a big step toward defeating the NEA's unconstitutional censorship.

Oklahoman Zenobia Powell Perry's music was influenced by Black American and Native American culture, and jazz. She was a vocal civil rights activist who dutifully gave back to her community. Catch her Sonatine for #clarinet and #piano.  Don't forget to support #womencomposers this month and always!

It's been a delight to play music by Jane K. A Cycle of Love Songs (rearranged for #clarinet, #soprano) and 2 trios for clarinet, horn, and bassoon are available for sale, and a lot more. Go check out her music at www.janekmusic.com, and don't forget to support #womencomposers this month and always!

It's difficult to find historic works for #clarinet by #womencomposers (it was not socially acceptable for women to compose, especially outside of #voice or #piano), but one such delightful work is the Romanze by Marie-Elisabeth von Sachsen-Meiningen. It's a lovely Classical/Romantic example!

Today I'm listening to Chants by Melissa Dunphy, with poetry by the intriguing Rosaleen Norton. It captures mysticism, mystery, a world of fantasy, and a unique sense of spiritualality. Find Melissa's work at melissadunphy.com, and don't forget to support #womencomposers this month and always!

One of my favorite pieces I programmed this past season was Till Monday by Mojgan Misaghi. Go check out her work, and don't forget to support women composers this month and always! #WomensHistoryMonth #clarinet #classicalmusic #clarinetist #klarinette #clarinetplayer #chambermusic #piano #pianist

The crash is beginning in academia.

This is reality

Thread for #MusicWomenWednesday: 1/n Ethel Smyth (1858-1944): String Quartet in E minor (1902, rev.1912) youtu.be/-CmljE2TEMA #ClassicalMusic

Hundreds of artists signed a letter sent to the National Endowment for the Arts asking it to reverse policy changes made as a result of recent executive orders issued by President Trump.

Cheers to another fun program of trios for #clarinet, #horn, and #bassoon with these lovely people. The Three Reeds and a Horn repertoire spanned 300 years of #classicalmusic and included Frederic Duvernoy, Nicolas-Albert Schaffner, Wilfred Roberts, Gottfried von Einem, and Klaus Wallendorf.

I had so much fun presenting Flexing the Canon #chambermusic project at the Mid-Atlantic Flute Convention this weekend! Huge thanks to #flutist Lisa Cella & #cellist Katie McCarthy Ceylon Mitchell's #flutechoir sounded wonderful, as did Lisa Cella & Iva Ugrcic on their solo #classicalmusic recitals

Day 1 Mid Atlantic Flute Convention ✅ I finally met #clarinetist /composer/educator Mary Alice Druhan! She and #flutist Robert Aughtry gave a moving recital based on 30yrs of friendship, beginning and ending with pieces they composed for each other. ✅flute choirs ✅engaging programming for seniors

Escape the miserable weather with chamber music in UMBC's Linehan Concert Hall! Join us Sunday, 2/16, at 3 pm, when the Voyager Ensemble will present works by Antonîn Dvořák, Jan Kučera, and Bedřich Smetana. umbc.edu/event/voyage... #umbc

I feel this acutely. I work in DC at an organization that is a strong parner of The Kennedy Center. We all know personally someone who has been fired or about to be. It's an atmosphere of intense fear, grief, and chaos.

I'm sharing my Flexing the Canon project again this weekend, this time at the Mid-Atlantic Flute Convention. My awesome collaborators: Lisa Cella #flute and Katie McCarthy #cello Hear us Sunday, February 16 at 2:30 pm in Sully room of the Hilton Washington Dulles Airport in Herndon, Virginia.

Congratulations Maryland Winds and @artsatumbc.bsky.social Wind Ensemble on a fantastic program this week! Students had the opportunity to sit in with this professional wind band to perform Nebula. Bravi tutti! #bandkid #windensemble #classicalmusic #UMBC #clarinet

Taking the question “who all gone be there?” to heart, one learns to expect that there will be no Black people in the section or at the rehearsal... The isolation of being the only one in a space is a difficult aspect to get over for a lot of Black musicians."

Join me for another recital: Sunday, Feb. 9 at 2:00 p.m. at UMD College Park in Leah Smith Hall. The concert is free and open to the public; free parking. PROGRAM Frederic Duvernoy Nicolas-Albert Schaffner Wilfred Roberts Gottfried von Einem Klaus Wallendorf #chambermusic #clarinet #clarinetist

Heard so many hardworking young clarinetists and woodwind ensembles while adjudicating Solo and Ensemble for Anne Arundel County. Music educators make a difference, and the Arts matter in people's lives #classicalmusic #chambermusic #clarinet #clarinetist #clarinetplayer #musicteacher #musicmatters

Looking back on 2024 and what @whistlinghens.bsky.social accomplished✨Some of the highlights: #whistlinghens #classicalmusic #musicbywomen #clarinet #clarinetist #womencomposers

It was an absolute joy to see THE Barbara Hannigan in concert at the Library of Congress. It was surreal. Her musicality and technique is incredible, and it is mind blowing what she can do with the human voice. I am in awe! #classicalmusic

Favorite December moment 🤎 Performing at the Colombian Ambassador's Residence in Washington, DC as part of the 47th Kennedy Center Honors celebration with my trio: Kat Robinson and Qun Ren. The dinner honored the global educational partnerships of the Kennedy Center and cross cultural collaboration.

In December I got to share my Flexing the Canon project in three concerts! This project is about building a body of flex chamber repertoire, starting with the help of my Three Reeds and Horn trio mates Kat Robinson and Qun Ren. Learn more at www.nataliegroom.com/flexingthecanon #FlexChamberMusic

Trying out Bluesky ☁️I'm Natalie Groom, a clarinetist, teacher, and arts advocate based in Maryland. I'm the clarinet professor at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) and Towson University. I'm a co-founder of @whistlinghens.bsky.social, a soprano/clarinet duo championing women composers.