News and music to start your week: We are thrilled at the release of new recordings of works by Florence Price! Recorded by The Philadelphia Orchestra and with the help and talent of pianist and Price advocate Michelle Cann (pictured above). The Philadelphia...
News and music to start your week! Congratulations go to Terrance Blanchard (pictured above), the first Black composer to have a work performed at the Metropolitan Opera. His work, Fire Shut Up In My Bones, opens tonight! The New York Times talks to Blanchard about...
News and music to start your week! Congratulations to Mary Watkins, recipient of Opera America’s Opera Grants for Female Composers! Learn more about her opera Dark River: The Fannie Lou Hammer Story as well as her Emmet Till: The Opera, scheduled for premiere...
Music and news to start your week! Violinist Jennifer Koh, pictured above, turned the pandemic – and the silencing of the performing arts industry – into an opportunity to collaborate and create in a new way. She contacted composers and commissioned 40...
New and music to start your week! A new set of albums have been released, remastering the recordings of contralto Marian Anderson, pictured above. This groundbreaking performer had a tremendous talent, and overcame daunting obstacles in order to perform in...
