Feminist in the Concert Hall
Repertoire Statistics Report—2009-2010
Every year the League of American Orchestras releases statistics on the repertoire that is performed by member ensembles. The information is collected and painstakingly compiled so that arts administrators, musicians, and academics can take notice of trends and...
More on the Presentation of the AMY Award
It took place a week ago—the presentation of the first ever AMY Award—and what a thrill it was. I was so honored to give the award before the full orchestra (the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra), and the near-capacity audience (almost 2400, including the 500...
Judith Weir Featured at The Guardian
In case you missed it, Tom Service, classical music blogger for The Guardian, put together a lovely guide to the music of British composer Judith Weir. Here is a excerpts of a performance of Weir's Stars, Night, Music and Light, which was commissioned by the BBC...
RPO Honored with AMY Award
Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy was delighted to award the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Arild Remmereit with the first ever AMY Award for Excellence in Orchestral Programming. We have kept up with the RPO over the 2011-2012 season. During his first...
Fanny Hensel’s Cantata in Streaming Broadcast, May 7 at 8 pm
The Rochester Philharmonic's concerts are encored in streaming radio broadcast— this concert (May 7, 2012 Monday, at 8 pm) starts with Fanny Hensel's Cantata, “Job.” Find the WXXI Classical 91.5 Stream Player here http://interactive.wxxi.org/listen#fmstream Here is...
Xian Zhang Featured in Article on Conductors
A New York Times article explores and explains the conductors job, how "he or she makes music’s meaning clear through body motion." We are happy that Xian Zhang is included as one of seven conductors interviewed in the article, and featured with a photograph as well....