Feminist in the Concert Hall
Monday Link Round Up: December 2, 2019
News and music to start your week! This week we learned of the amazing Ofentse Pitse (pictured above) – the 27 year old South African is the first conductor and CEO of an all-black orchestra, called Anchored Sound. Learn more about composer Tania León at the Library...
Monday Link Round Up: November 25, 2019
News and music to start your week! Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto was performed at Susquehanna University under the baton of Jordan Randall Smith this past weekend! One of the performances honoring her 200th year! Read more here. Andrew Clements of The Guardian has...
CONCERT REVIEW: Ustvolskaya and Eckhardt-Gramatté featured by The Symphony of the City of New York
Thanks to NYC-based composer, coach, organist and pianist Tamara Cashour for her review of this important recent concert! “Music Born from Times of Strife” — All Saints Episcopal Church, Manhattan, NYC — Sat. Nov. 9, 2019 The Symphony of the City of New York offered...
Monday Link Round Up: November 18, 2019
News and music to start your week! Congratulations to composer Gabriela Ortiz for her recent premiere with the LA Philharmonic. Her Yanga for orchestra and choir, was commissioned by the LA Phil. Learn more at NPR or listen in below. Congratulations are also owed to...
Another perspective: The Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Women in Classical Music Symposium
Last week Penny Brandt reflected on the DSO Symposium, but we certainly felt such an important event could be looked at from multiple perspectives, so we are happy to welcome back Quinn Mason. By Quinn Mason We’re well aware of some of the problems in the classical...
Monday Link Round Up: November 11, 2019
News and music to start your week! Marin Alsop is the new chief conductor of Vienna's ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra - it's the first time a woman has been named chief conductor in Austria. Read on at RTL Today. Tom Huizenga of NPR's Deceptive Cadence reviews Caroline...