Celebrating Women Composers - New March Store Update
Happy March! We’re eager to release the new avatars and backgrounds update in the Practice Space shop for the month of March - Women’s History Month.
We make sure to update the Practice Space shop monthly so that you can your students can be motivated with fun new items frequently! Our consistent goal is to brighten the platform with both exciting and educational updates.
Here’s how it works: Your students can add avatars and backgrounds to their inventory to keep their home screen fun and fresh. Students can only purchase from the Practice Space shop after completing their practice goal for the day! (A wonderful way to motivate practice!)
You can find the new March composer update below! We’ve compiled a marvelous group of female composers who have contributed greatly to both music history and women’s history. We have a special addition to the composer avatars this month! We’ve added a living composer, Carol Matz, to March’s avatar collection.
Each avatar comes with their own quotes so the historical individual can tell us about their life and musical career. Below you will find the five composers for this month and the facts they’ll share on the app. We’ve also included a little biography for each composer as well as a link to a famous work for you to share with your students!
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (1665-1729) was the first woman in France to write an opera.
Facts in app:
I was a child prodigy, singing and performing on the harpsichord at the court of Louis XIV at age five.
By I could sight-sing difficult music and could easily transpose music to any key!
I died just a few years before Haydn was born.
Check out this recording of one of my Suite No. 1 in D Minor:
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre - Suite No. 1 in D Minor for Harpsichord (1687) [Score-Video]
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805-1847) was a prolific composer with over 450 pieces of music to her credit.
Facts in app:
I am the older sister of composer Felix Mendelssohn.
In March of 1847, I met with my friend Clara Schumann many times.
The night before my wedding, I wrote my own Wedding March.
I wrote 125 piano pieces and more than 250 lieder (German songs).
Check out this recording of my Nocturno en Sol menor:
Fanny Mendelssohn - Nocturno en Sol Menor| Clásicos a 432hz
Clara Schumann (1819-1896) was a German pianist, composer and piano teacher.
Facts in app:
My father was a piano teacher of high regard.
I was the wife of Robert Schumann, with whom I had 8 children. One passed away early in life.
I toured and gave concerts most of my life.
I had a close friendship with Johannes Brahms.
Check out this recording of my Drei Romanzen, Op. 21
Clara Schumann: Drei Romanzen Op. 21 (1853)
Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953) was born in East Liverpool, OH, began taking piano lessons with her mother at the age of six.
Facts in app:
I studied at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago.
In 1926, I composed 'Sonata for Violin and Piano.'
It was said that I could "Sling dissonances like a man."
I was the folk singer, Pete Seeger's stepmother, having married Pete's father.
Here is my son Pete singing a piece from one of my books that I raised him on:
Pete Seeger - Bought Me A Cat
Carol Matz (b. 1965 - Living Composer) was born in North Miami Beach, and started composing when she was 12 years old.
Facts in app:
I am an experienced piano teacher who has given many workshops around the world.
I have composed, authored, and arranged over 300 published titles for piano teachers.
I studied composition, arranging and orchestration at the University of Miami.
I love the Beatles and have a cat named George Harrison and a dog named Ringo!
I lived in South Florida my whole life and saw snow for the first time when I was 18 years old!
Check out this this recording of my piece, The Sorcerer
The Sorcerer by Carol Matz
Check out my website: https://carolmatzpiano.com/carol-matz/
Background Update
Some other fun additions
These all cheer the student on but also talk about tempo and other musical terms!
