Monday Link Round Up: December 11, 2017

Monday Link Round Up: December 11, 2017

News to start your week! The music of Amy Beach was performed at the Nobel Prize Awards Ceremony!  The second movement of Beach’s Symphony was performed by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Joana Carneiro.  Read more about it at...
Announcing WPA Performance Grant Winners!

Announcing WPA Performance Grant Winners!

Congratulations to our latest round of Performance Grant winners! Since establishing Performance Grants in 2012 each cycle has seen a larger number of applicants and a greater diversity of programming.  The strongest applications were for plans to perform works by...

Monday Link Round Up: December 4, 2017

News to start your week! Our Generosity Campaign is underway!  Help us raise funding so that we can continue to make positive impact with our Performance Grants, helping more professional, community, and student ensembles expand their repertoire to include works by...

Monday Link Round Up: November 27, 2017

News to start your week!   In case you missed it – conductor Mariss Jansons made news by saying that women conductors were “not [his] cup of tea”.   After some significant backlash he later apologized.   At the same time, the Dallas...

Monday Link Round Up: November 20, 2017

News to start your week! There have been some particularly excellent pieces to come out of WQXR in!  Their list of Eight Classical Era Composers who aren’t named Mozart or Haydn includes Maria Teresea Agnesi Pinottini, Princess Anna Amalia, and Marianne...