Happy 100th Birthday, Julia Perry!

Happy 100th Birthday, Julia Perry!

March 25 — Happy 100th Birthday, Julia Perry! Her Study for Orchestra was the first work by a black woman to be recorded by a professional orchestra. (Listen here) Her powerful Stabat Mater is performed here.   The Akron Symphony has been researching and...
Happy Birthday, Chen Yi!

Happy Birthday, Chen Yi!

The remarkable Chinese American composer Chen Yi turns 70 today! See our recent features on her here — January Composer-of-the-Month and here, on some performances of her music taking place.  
Happy Birthday, Amy Beach!

Happy Birthday, Amy Beach!

She was born Amy Marcy Cheney on this day in Henniker, NH.  In celebration we are giving away copies of our critical edition of Mvt. II — Alla siciliana — from her Symphony op. 32, “Gaelic” — please fill out this form to receive your PDF...
Monday Link Round Up: February 4, 2019

Monday Link Round Up: February 4, 2019

News and music to start your week! PBS Newshour had the story about the San Fransciso Civic Symphony and their conductor, Jessica Bejarano.  Growing up in an environment that didn’t particularly embrace classical music, Bejarano speaks about the challenges she...
Congratulations to the 2018 Performance Grant Winners!

Congratulations to the 2018 Performance Grant Winners!

The 2018 WPA Performance Grant cycle brought a record number of applicants, exciting and diverse concerts to consider, and many wonderful programs to anticipate throughout the years of 2019 and 2020! As in the past, the strongest applicants programmed works by more...