Category: Boston
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Nkeiru Okoye
Nkeiru Okoye was born in New York (1972), and growing up, frequently visited her father’s native Nigeria. She won a song-writing competition at age 13, and decided to study composition seriously. She received degrees from the Oberlin Conservatory (BA) and Rutgers University (MA and Ph.D.). I got to know Okoye’s music through her work The…
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Opening Night at the Boston Symphony
— Hey, I haven’t worn a sandwich-board since the VPO protest of 1999! A lot of fun! My sign reads: BSO, why are women composers excluded? 2011-2012: 70 pieces by 32 composers— ALL of them MEN. Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy www.wophil.org Sign our mailing list! And I handed out a flier (200 of ’em!). It’s amazing…
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Who will lead the Boston Symphony??
James Levine’s announcement that he will resign as Music Director at the Boston Symphony Orchestra was of course big news today. And “Let the guessing games begin,” said the Globe, with a piece naming four possible candidates, all of whom were (guess what??) men. http://www.boston.com/ae/specials/culturedesk/2011/03/the_next_music_director_of_the.html?comments=all#readerComm So here is my own quick list of admirable conductors…