Since 2022, I have worked periodically with the Boulanger Initiative (BI), a Washington DC-based organization that advocates for the music of women and gender-marginalized composers, as a Research Volunteer, Senior Research Intern, and freelance writer.

I’m excited to be the first post on their newly launched blog – Lili’s Corner – with “By a Linden Tree”: Discovering the Lieder of Composer Ethel Smyth. This post will be featured in two installments. If you are interested in reading the longer version of this post, you can check out my Substack.

Also, don’t forget to check out the Boulanger Initiative Database, which contains more than 15,000 works by over 1,600 women and gender-marginalized composers. It’s an excellent resource for musicians, scholars, teachers, and all those interested in learning more about these incredible composers and their music!