Interview with Caroline Shaw

by sarah | Mar 2, 2015

New Music Box just posted a fabulous conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning composer Caroline Shaw.  At the time she won the Pulitzer much was made about her age (she was only 30 – the youngest ever person to win) and her training, or lack thereof.  You can...

NEW DISCOVERIES of Florence Price’s Music revealed in Arkansas Festival!!

by Liane Curtis | Feb 26, 2015

The historic importance of Florence Price (1887–1953), as the first African American woman to have a Symphony performed by a major orchestra, has been recognized.  However, while she had some success in her lifetime, after she died very little of her music remained...

Higdon in Philadelphia

by sarah | Feb 24, 2015

Jennifer Higdon is one of the most recognized and sought-out composers today.  She has won a Pulitzer Prize as well as a Grammy, is actively commissioned, and has already seen one premiere this year, will have another happening in just a few weeks, and her first opera...

The “Female Beethoven” rediscovered in north Germany!

by Liane Curtis | Feb 21, 2015

“The Norwegians have their Grieg, The Finns their Sibelius, the Poles have their Chopin.  And WE have Emilie Mayer – we just didn’t know it until now!”  So proclaimed the northern German Nordkurrier  in May 2012, when the Neubrandenburger Philharmonie...

25 Years Ago — Pioneering Work by The Women’s Philharmonic!

by Liane Curtis | Feb 8, 2015

Works by Fanny Hensel and Libby Larsen Presented in 1990 Bringing a major historic work to light and presenting a recently-composed work — along with a well-known historical reference point in music — was all in a day’s work for The Women’s...

New Kaija Saariaho Recording

by sarah | Jan 29, 2015

Thanks to Q2 Music for their feature and review of the new CD of Kaija Saariaho’s works!  Reviewer Daniel Stephen Johnson says this about Saariaho: In an era when the very notion of a classical “masterpiece” has all but fallen apart in the face of...