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Emily E. Hogstad

IMG_0159 reduceEmily E. Hogstad is the author of the blog Song of the Lark. She has appeared on or in MinnPost, the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Minnesota Public Radio, National Public Radio, WQXR, Performance Today, and The New York Times to offer thoughts on topics as diverse as the Minnesota Orchestra’s historic 2015 trip to Cuba, what it means to be a music nerd, and social media activism in the orchestra world. Her great passion is researching the history of women in music, especially the great forgotten female violinists of the past. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, with a violin, a viola, a laptop named after Lili Boulanger, and two rescue cats, Gwendolyn and Genevieve.

Contributed Posts
Aug 28, 2024 Violin vs. Cello: What’s the Difference? And Which One Should I Play?
Aug 26, 2024 Classical Music for Cats: A Guide to Soothing Your Feline Friends
Aug 24, 2024 Ravel for Beginners
Ten Pieces to Make You Love Ravel
Aug 21, 2024 Composers Like Chopin: Ten Composers to Check Out
Aug 15, 2024 Rachmaninoff for Beginners
Ten Pieces to Make You Love Rachmaninoff
Aug 12, 2024 Seven Movies and TV Shows Filmed at Carnegie Hall
Aug 10, 2024 Five Conductors Who Died on the Podium
Aug 8, 2024 Shostakovich for Beginners
10 Pieces to Make You Love Shostakovich
Aug 5, 2024 What Were the Last Words of the Great Composers?
Aug 3, 2024 Olga Janina: The Pianist Who Almost Murdered Liszt