Winners Chosen for EarShot Commissions

by | Oct 14, 2014

The League of American Orchestras together with EarsShot, and with support of the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation, have announced the first commissions of new symphonic works by women composers.  The new commissions, which were first announced in February, comes from...

Happy Birthday Vivian Fine

by | Sep 30, 2014

This past Sunday (September 28) would have been Vivian Fine’s 101st birthday.  Born in Chicago in 1913, Fine was a piano prodigy who went on to study with Ruth Crawford Seeger and achieve acclaim for her compositions at a young age.  She composed continuously...
Chin’s Clarinet Concerto Gets U.S. Premiere

Chin’s Clarinet Concerto Gets U.S. Premiere

by | Sep 25, 2014

Unsuk Chin’s Clarinet Concerto, which was completed in 2004, will finally receive it’s U.S. Premiere with the New York Philharmonic this weekend.  It was co-commissioned with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, and the Barcelona...

Women Composers of Scotland

by | Sep 23, 2014

All of the recent news surrounding the Scottish vote for independence has the classical music community reflecting on the music and musicians that have come out of Scotland.  NPR’s Classical Music Blog, Deceptive Cadence, wrote up a quick review of some of their...

Frank World Premiere

by | Sep 18, 2014

The Houston Symphony has commissioned a new work by Gabriela Lena Frank.  The world premiere will take place this weekend (September 19-21) as the kick-off of the 101st concert season.  From the press release about the upcoming performance: A Houston Symphony...