There is no historical or geographical limit on what can be covered. There is no restriction on the style or genre of song or singing.

Marian Wilson Kimber

2 side-by-side black-and-white portrait photos of Mahalia Jackson, who is singing, and Marian Anderson, who looks at the camera.

WSF and Beyond

WSF Team 22 April 2021

This month Stephen Rodgers is guest host for Thomas Hampson’s weekly program, Song and Beyond. Here are two conversations with members of the WSF team.

A painting for the U.S. Children's Bureau and Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense, April 1918-1919. Children all walk up a hill together underneath the slogan: "The health of the child is the power of the nation."

Listening to Loss in “The Cry of Rachel”

Marian Wilson Kimber 17 March 2021

A century ago, Mary Turner Salter’s cathartic song about the death of a child was sung by female singers nationwide. It spoke to women’s experiences.

Postcard with text about the American Song Composers' Festival and Grace Porterfield's new song, "Island of Happiness"

Grace Porterfield Polk and the American Song Composers’ Festival

Marian Wilson Kimber 16 January 2021

In founding the American Song Composers’ Festival, Grace Porterfield Polk intended, single-handedly, to spur the development of American song.