Ethel Stark and the Montreal Women’s Symphony Orchestra
by
Maria Noriega Rachwal
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
In the 1940s it was unheard of for women to be members of a professional orchestra, let alone play “masculine” instruments like the bass or trombone. Yet despite these formidable challenges, the Montreal Women’s Symphony Orchestra (MWSO) became the only all-women orchestra in Canadian history....