Amy Beach

Amy Beach was an American pianist and the first acclaimed female composer in the United States. In 1885, though still a teenager, Beach became a soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. She composed more than 100 songs, an opera, various pieces of chamber, choral, and orchestral music, and also wrote articles on composition and pedagogy. After her husband’s death in 1910, Beach embarked on a concert career, performing extensively in the United States and Europe.