by sarah | May 17, 2021
News and music to start the week! Learn about Kathleen Riddick, a British conductor who has been unjustly forgotten. Riddick (pictured above) pioneered the way for future women to take the podium. The Isle of Wight County Press profiles the conductor, who lived from...
by sarah | May 10, 2021
News and music to start your week! San Francisco Classical Voice shares the news of a new series at the Marsh featuring the art songs of Black composers. Soprano Candace Johnson, pictured above, will be performing works by Adolphus Hailstork on May 22. Find out how...
by sarah | May 3, 2021
News and music to start your week! Congratulations go to composer Errollyn Wallen, pictured above, who was named the recipient of the 2020 ISM Distinguished Musician Award. From the website: “Established in 1976, the ISM Distinguished Musician Award recognises...
by sarah | Apr 26, 2021
News and music to start the week! Congratulations to composer Jessie Montgomery, pictured, who was just named the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s new composer in residence! Her three year term begins July 1. Read more at the Chicago Sun Times. The CSO Press...
by sarah | Apr 19, 2021
News and music to start your week! Congratulations to Sherri Chung, pictured above, the first Asian-American woman to compose the music for an hour-long network drama. Listen in to her scores on the new series, “Kung Fu” (a “reimagining of the 1970s...
