Feminist in the Concert Hall
Monday Link Roundup: July 13, 2015
Some news stories to pay attention to as the week begins: NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday provided a profile of the women's barbershop society, Sweet Adelines, now celebrating its 70th year. Read (and listen) more here. Not classical music, but interesting...
Amy Beach at Bar Harbor Music Festival
This year celebrates the 49th season of the Bar Harbor Music Festival. The 2015 season, which runs from June 28 to July 26, includes a huge variety of music styles with something to inspire virtually any concertgoer. Their innovative and inclusive programming of...
Summer with the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra
That Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra has an exciting summer season of concerts planned is no surprise - after all, their tagline is: "Performing diverse music for chamber orchestra." That diversity is represented in creative and innovative programming that shares...
Celebrate July 4th With “Made in America”
As those of us in the U.S. get the grill and lawn chairs ready to celebrate the 4th of July, why not take a few minutes to listen to some patriotic music? American composer Joan Tower was approached about completing a new work in 2001 - but it wasn't a typical...
Jessica Gethin Wins Conducting Award
Australian conductor Jessica Gethin is the 2015 winner of the Brian Stacey Emerging Conductor Award. From the press release: The annual awards, established in 2002, recognise an Australian conductor, early in their professional career, who shows significant promise...
Grieving and healing: Julia Perry’s “Stabat Mater”
The U.S. continues to mourn the massacre of nine African Americans in a South Carolina church. At the Rev. Clementa Pinckney’s funeral service, President Barack Obama drew on the healing power of words melded with music, as he sang “Amazing Grace.” This was a...