Author: sarah

  • Monday Link Round Up: April 26, 2021

    Monday Link Round Up: April 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 release (PDF) is here. Also, these seven women have been appointed Guggenheim Fellows…

  • Monday Link Round Up: April 19, 2021

    Monday Link Round Up: April 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 classic”) and read on at Variety. Catch the latest episode of Julia Adolphe’s…

  • Monday Link Round Up: April 12, 2021

    Monday Link Round Up: April 12, 2021

    News and music to start your week! Read about the Sister Cities Girlchoir and their work with composer Erin Busch, pictured above, to educate and inspire.  Busch, who is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Pennsylvania, is dedicated to the education of women composers, which is evidenced in part by her Young Women Composers…

  • Monday Link Round Up – April 5, 2021

    Monday Link Round Up – April 5, 2021

    Music and news to start your week! Frank Oteri speaks to composer Pamela Z, pictured above, about her beginnings as a singer songwriter and development into an experimental composer.  Listen to the interview, and read along at NewMusicBox where you can also hear some of her music and learn about her process.  She describes creating…