The Backlash Against Hiring Couples

Many professors say taking steps to accommodate partners is awkward, divisive, and unfair

By ROBIN WILSON

Barbara Harbach's 20 CD recordings on organ and harpsichord have won rave reviews from the international press, which cites her "impeccable" playing. She's written six musicals and is at work on a seventh. She edits a national journal on female composers.

She's also the...