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Monday Link Round Up: April 20, 2020

Monday Link Round Up: April 20, 2020

News and music to start your week! The Digital Festival of Women in Music ( German version, Feminale der Musik) continues TODAY (April 20) with live interviews about Ethel Smyth (with Marleen Hoffmann) and Rebecca Clarke (with WPA President Liane Curtis, in English...

Monday Link Round Up: April 13, 2020

Monday Link Round Up: April 13, 2020

News and music to start your week! Another work by Pauline Oliveros, pictured above, is being performed during this time of social distancing (the first being her Tuning Meditation, taking place every Saturday in April).  The  LA Times has the story of Opera...

Monday Link Round Up: April 6, 2020

Monday Link Round Up: April 6, 2020

News and music to start your week! Frank Oteri at New Music Box has another insightful interview to share.  This time with composer, vocalist, and flautist Nathalie Joachim, pictured above.  Read on and listen in at NewMusicBox. The Center for Art and Media of...

Monday Link Round Up: March 30, 2020

Monday Link Round Up: March 30, 2020

News and music to start your week! Congratulations go to composer and flautist Valerie Coleman, pictured, who was named 2020 Classical Woman of the Year by Performance Today.  Read more at Broadway World. Alex Ross writes at his blog, The Rest is Noise, about the...

Monday Link Round Up: March 23, 2020

Monday Link Round Up: March 23, 2020

News and music to start your week! We are saddened to hear about the death of trailblazer Doriot Anthony Dwyer, pictured above.  She was the second ever woman to be awarded a principal chair position with an American orchestra.  She played principal flute with The...

Quinn Mason on Vítězslava Kaprálová

Quinn Mason on Vítězslava Kaprálová

Once again, we are happy to welcome Quinn Mason (fresh from his Seattle conducting debut) as Guest Blogger!  He offers his insights on Vítězslava Kaprálová, in particular two of her orchestral works, Rustic Suite (1938) and Military Sinfonietta (1936-1937). Vítězslava...