2025 Books & Music Recap: Women in Music edition

About this episode

The episode recaps favorite books and music of 2025, focusing on women in music.

On today’s episode we recap some of my favourite books and music of 2025. From learning about the Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz to listening to the classical pop takeover, I share with you my thoughts and findings on some of my favourite artistic finds of the year. ✨New Episodes Every Monday✨ Let’s Get Social 📱 For more Classical Queens, follow us on: Video Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@ChordsandQueens TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@chordsandqueens⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/chordsandqueens?igsh=eGlkYWgyN3hmMnhm&utm_source=qr⁠ Substack: https://substack.com/@chordsqueens

People in this episode

Host: Chords and Queens

Topics covered

• books
• music
• women in music
• classical pop
• artistic finds
• history

Keywords

• 2025
• Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz
• classical pop
• music recap
• books

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz

Books & works: 2025, classical pop

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