Author: sarah
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Monday Link Round Up: November 13, 2017
News to start your week! Michael Tilson Thomas has announced that he will be retiring from the San Francisco Symphony. The San Francisco Chronicle considers who should be given the post – and the importance of having a music director who values the works of women and people of color. Perhaps the search committee…
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Monday Link Round Up: November 6, 2017
Lots of news to start your week! Anne Midgette has an important piece in The Washington Post about the difficulties women composers continue to face in having their works heard, and new commissions awarded. (There is funding out there, major orchestras just aren’t interested in using it.) Read online here. Ryan Ebright of The New York…
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Monday Link Round Up: October 30, 2017
News to start your week! Celebrate Halloween with a soundtrack of music by women composers! Check out this fantastic YouTube playlist put together by Music Theory Examples by Women! Composer Lisa Bielawa writes on NewMusicBox about her new serial opera, Vireo. It is a great read about the work’s long path between inspiration, development, and…
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Monday Link Round Up: October 23, 2017
News to start your week! Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble celebrated women composers this past weekend in a concert titled “Music She Wrote”. The concert included works by Jennifer Higdon and Libby Larsen. New Hampshire Public Radio has the story – read – and listen to the broadcast version – online. Join the Women Composers…