Many of you know and love Megan Henderson from her work as a pianist with Winsor Music's concert series and outreach program. We're so pleased to introduce her to you anew as a composer of our newest Song for the Spirit (although anyone involved in the Boston-area Shape Note community has known this side of her work for many years)! We discussed her history of writing music in (and bending the rules of) the Shape Note tradition, how she navigates between many musical traditions and practices, and why, for her, every song looks to the Spirit. 

As an oboist,  I often think I am the luckiest person alive because I have the Bach cantata repertoire. Perhaps this should be enough to keep an oboist going!  However, as the artistic director of a chamber series (who enjoys performing), I struggle with the fact that the chamber music repertoire for oboe is limited. Coming up with programs involving the oboe is a challenge, but it's a good challenge to have.