News and music to start your week! Congratulations go to Cécile McLorin Salvant, pictured above, the only musician named in the 2020 MacArthur Fellowships (“genius grants”). Salvant is a composer, pianist, and vocalist. Learn more about her work at...
News and music to start the week! There is a new organization, La Maestra, based in Paris and set out to encourage and promote more women conductors. Their first competition, held in September, drew more than 200 applicants, and 12 chosen contestants (including...
News and music to start your week! I Care If You Listen featured two women composers last week. First, Pulitzer Prize Winner Du Yun (pictured above) shared a list of listening suggestions – a great way to expand our weekly playlists. They also spoke with...
News and music to start your week! We are mourning the loss of Ruth Bader Ginsburg – one of the greatest legal minds and champions for equality in American history. Let us remember her life and work, and recommit to carry on in the fight for equality and...
News and music to start your week! Tune into NPR’s Morning Edition for a conversation with Amanda Jones, pictured above, who just became the first African American woman to earn an Emmy nomination for original television score. She is a singer and songwriter as...
