Featured Guest Blogger: Katelyn Clark

Featured Guest Blogger: Katelyn Clark

Today’s Featured Guest Blogger is Canadian harpsichordist Katelyn Clark.  Clark specializes in the performance of historical repertoire and experimental music on early keyboard instruments. Currently, her research focuses on the London pianoforte school and the...
Diverse Music Education

Diverse Music Education

Welcome to September – and back to classes for students across the country!  As educators finalize syllabi and students return practicing after a summer hiatus, we applaud the efforts being made by all teachers – whether classroom instructors or private...

Monday Link Round Up: August 31, 2015

Some links to start your week: The Peabody Conservatory has announced that Marin Alsop will be taking over as Director of Graduate Conducting.  A fantastic appointment!  Read the press release here. We’ve been keeping up with the Change.org petition started by...

Contemporary Symphonies

The current issue of The New Yorker includes a column by Alex Ross in which he explores the ways in which the symphony has transformed in new music.   As one would expect, it covered the most familiar names with only a few surprises (including Gloria Coates who, to...
California Premiere of Street Requiem

California Premiere of Street Requiem

We wrote about this fantastic project in January when the work received its U.S. Premiere.  The Cantata,which addressed topics of homelessness and street violence, is an impressive undertaking and seemingly builds community wherever it is presented.  As we saw earlier...