by Liane Curtis | Oct 23, 2023
ICYMI — Composer Courtney Bryan has been awarded a MacArthur “Genius” Grant — WRTI has this report. We mourn the death of Jazz great Carla Bley. Her varied and prolific output included the sprawling jazz opera “Escalator Over The...
by Liane Curtis | Oct 10, 2023
By Dr. April Lynn James. Part 1 is published here My bestselling book,* The Tenth Muse: How Maria Antonia Advanced the Pastoral Opera, is a major revision of the dissertation I completed in 2002. Why did I not publish it then? I had other things to do with my life...
by Liane Curtis | Oct 7, 2023
Tonight, October 7, the Chicago Sinfonietta performs Regina Harris Baiocchi’s “Muse for Orchestra,” led by Music Director Mei Ann Chen. Their Oct. 5 performance of the work, described as “a powerful tribute to the muses who inspire and guide us,” was its...
by Liane Curtis | Oct 6, 2023
[Update: Chen Yi’s role in the US-China Music Institute is discussed here; “U.S.-China forum calls for revitalizing relations through music”] Chen Yi’s Symphony no. 3 My Musical Journey to America will will stream live in its east coast...
by Liane Curtis | Sep 25, 2023
Two Important Festivals: The Women Composers Festival of Tübingen begins on Friday Sept. 29. With a focus on the 19th Century: Tübingen composer Josephine Lang and three contemporaries (Emilie Mayer, Luise Adolpha Le Beau and Ethel Smyth), it continues 10 days and...
