Chattanooga Symphony Plays Higdon

Chattanooga Symphony Plays Higdon

The Chattanooga Symphony & Opera, winner of a 2014 Performance Grant, will be presenting Jennifer Higdon’s Violin Concerto on Thursday, March 12. The Chattanoogan has an article about the performance.  Truly unique to this concert is the work of...
Georgia Tech SO Plays Hensel

Georgia Tech SO Plays Hensel

The Georgia Tech Symphony Orchestra, winner of a 2014 Performance Grant, will be performing two works by women composers in their concert tonight! GTSO conductor, Chaowen Ting, has arranged Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s String Quartet for string orchestra – a...
Lansing Symphony Performs Helms

Lansing Symphony Performs Helms

The Lansing Symphony Orchestra, winner of a 2014 Performance Grant, will present Seven Ascents for Flute and Orchestra by Marjan Helms this weekend. Helms is the composer in residence at Michigan State University Community Music School and worked with LSO’s...
Curtis Institute to Premiere Higdon

Curtis Institute to Premiere Higdon

The Curtis Institute of Music Chamber Orchestra, winner of a 2014 Performance Grant, is kicking off a national tour featuring with the World Premiere of a Viola Concerto by Jennifer Higdon.  The first concert is Saturday, March 7 at the Library of Congress, who...
Community Women’s Orchestra to Perform Hillary Tann

Community Women’s Orchestra to Perform Hillary Tann

The Community Women’s Orchestra, based in Oakland, CA, was begun as an offshoot of The Women’s Philharmonic.  It was established in 1985 by Nan Washburn and continues to flourish.  From the start CWO has had a clear mission: The Community Women’s Orchestra...