This year celebrates the 49th season of the Bar Harbor Music Festival. The 2015 season, which runs from June 28 to July 26, includes a huge variety of music styles with something to inspire virtually any concertgoer. Their innovative and inclusive programming of...
That Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra has an exciting summer season of concerts planned is no surprise – after all, their tagline is: “Performing diverse music for chamber orchestra.” That diversity is represented in creative and innovative...
As those of us in the U.S. get the grill and lawn chairs ready to celebrate the 4th of July, why not take a few minutes to listen to some patriotic music? American composer Joan Tower was approached about completing a new work in 2001 – but it wasn’t a...
Australian conductor Jessica Gethin is the 2015 winner of the Brian Stacey Emerging Conductor Award. From the press release: The annual awards, established in 2002, recognise an Australian conductor, early in their professional career, who shows significant promise...
Some news worth reading: Alex Ross wrote about the 2015 Ojai Music Festival, which took place earlier in June, in the July 6 edition of The New Yorker. Featured composers at this year’s festival included Anna Thorvaldsdottir. The International Contemporary...
