Emily 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
Jul 10, 2024 15 Pieces of Classical Music About Death
Jun 29, 2024 Six of the Wildest Piano Duels in Music History
Jun 26, 2024 Seven Important Women in Robert Schumann’s Life
Jun 24, 2024 Sixteen of the Best Violin and Viola Duets
Jun 22, 2024 15 Pieces of Classical Music About Outer Space
Jun 15, 2024 Seven Works Dedicated to Beethoven