The 1.7 Percent: Distilling the 2008-2009 Repertoire Reports

by | Aug 24, 2012

Stories about “the 1%” abound in the media, but today I would like to shine a light on a far less reported, though far more relevant for this site’s purposes, statistic: the 1.7%. Our own Sarah Baer crunched the numbers (provided by the League of American...

Repertoire Statistics Report—2009-2010

by | Jul 31, 2012

Every year the League of American Orchestras releases statistics on the repertoire that is performed by member ensembles. The information is collected and painstakingly compiled so that arts administrators, musicians, and academics can take notice of trends and...

More on the Presentation of the AMY Award

by | Jun 7, 2012

It took place a week ago—the presentation of the first ever AMY Award—and what a thrill it was.  I was so honored to give the award before the full orchestra (the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra), and the near-capacity audience (almost 2400, including the 500...

Judith Weir Featured at The Guardian

by | Jun 3, 2012

In case you missed it, Tom Service, classical music blogger for The Guardian, put together a lovely guide to the music of British composer Judith Weir. Here is a excerpts of a performance of Weir’s Stars, Night, Music and Light, which was commissioned by the BBC...

A Woman Composer Speaks Out

by | Apr 4, 2012

Over on http://www.newmusicbox.org/ there is a lively—chaotic, even—debate going on about the identity politics of the “woman composer.”    Composer Rain Worthington wrote the post below as a comment to Rob Deemer’s post, A Helpful List .  With her...