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SymphonyNOW has posted an excerpt from Mary Sue Welsh’s book about trailblazing harpist Edna Phillips, One Woman in a Hundred. Phillips was the first woman to hold a principal chair in any major American orchestra when she was chosen by … Continue reading

Mary Sue Welsh is a former executive director of the Bach Festival of Philadelphia, where she worked with its chair Edna Phillips.  She answered our questions about her new University of Illinois Press book One Woman in a Hundred: Edna Phillips … Continue reading