by Liane Curtis | Nov 20, 2023
We originally published this post on Feb 26, 2021 and are now reposting, since it is so important to our work! Guest author Mary Purpura completed an MA Thesis about The Women’s Philharmonic in 2016. Her research provided an important history of our founding...
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...
