News to start your week! The WQXR blog talks with JoAnn Falletta, conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic and Virginia Symphony, about why it seems that professional orchestras actually play behind the conducted beat. Read more here. In more conducting news,...
The Stockton Symphony is opening their 2017-2018 season on Saturday, September 23 with a great, and inclusive, program. In addition to Tchaikovsky Brahms, and Berlioz, conductor Peter Jaffe has chosen to include Rainbow (1990) by Thea Musgrave. Musgrave, who...
News to start your week! This past weekend academics, performers, and music enthusiasts gathered at the University of New Hampshire to remember the lives and work of Amy Beach and Teresa Carreño. The Eagle Tribune wrote about the conference, and specifically wrote...
News to start your week! NewMusicBox has an interview with American composer George Walker, who is still composing at 95. Learn more about his life and compositions on the NewMusicBox website, and through the video below: Also this week on NewMusicBox, Shi-An...
Now that Labor Day, and the end of summer, has passed we are looking forward to the start of the 2017-18 concert season – and taking a critical look at what we can expect in the coming programming. We at WPA have been looking at the repertoire of major ensembles...
