The MHSO celebrates the works and work of women in its annual Mary Lyon Concert.

This year’s concert spans the possibilities between the work of Mabel Daniels, written at Avaloch Farms in NH, Florence Price’s Concerto for Piano featuring revered champion of works by women composers, Fredericka King. Culminating with Amy Beach’s epic “Gaelic” symphony.

About Fredericka King

Fredericka King, pianist, has been praised for her lyricism, expressiveness, beautiful tone and outstanding technique. Critics and audiences have lauded her recitals, performed in the United States, Europe, and South America. The New York Times complimented her debut performance at Carnegie Recital Hall for its "straightforward style and verve”.

Ms. King has performed in the United States, Europe and South America. Recitals have been presented at historic Jordan Hall, the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, the Gardner Museum, and in concert as soloist with several New England orchestras. She was the featured artist on television and public radio stations such as WGBH in Boston, WVPR in Vermont, and WGMS in the Washington, D.C. area.

As soloist and collaborative artist, Fredericka has performed at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, the National Gallery of Art, and the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. She appeared in numerous programs as soloist and accompanist with the National Spiritual Ensemble, touring throughout the United States, and was a founding member of La Femme, La Femme, a group dedicated to the performance of chamber and solo works by women composers.

Fredericka King is Senior Music Historian-in-Residence at Emerson College and a member of the piano faculty in New England Conservatory of Music’s Expanded Education Department. In addition to giving private lessons to young students in the Expanded Education Preparatory School, she teaches an EE Adult Education Department group piano class and the History of Western Music course.