Concerts & Events March 16-31

by Liane Curtis | Mar 11, 2019

Future Concerts & Events March 16-31 (by U.S. State, alphabetically) California The Bay Area Rainbow Symphony will perform Florence Price’s Symphony No. 1 on March 16. On March 24 the Berkeley Symphony will feature Sofia Gubaidulina’s Concerto for...

Camellia Symphony Celebrates Black History Month

by Liane Curtis | Feb 18, 2019

I hope you are having a great Black History Month!   I know I am, and as part of my celebration I attended the Camellia Symphony Orchestra’s concert, titled Past, Present, and Future. An ambitious and excellent community orchestra in Sacramento, they offered an...

Music to Love – Upcoming Concerts

by sarah | Feb 8, 2019

February is bringing us a wonderful assortment of concerts!  Last weekend saw the performances of works by Joan Tower and Amy Beach by the Springfield Symphony (read an excellent review at MassLive), as well as Libby Larsen’s Symphony No. 4 by the California...

Congratulations to the 2018 Performance Grant Winners!

by sarah | Jan 2, 2019

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...

A Weekend of FIRST LADIES in Boston!

by sarah | Oct 19, 2018

This weekend brings two performances of a concert titled “First Ladies” from Cappella Clausura, Inc.  A professional vocal ensemble based in Boston, Cappella Clausura has been dedicated to performing works by women composers since it’s founding...

Monday Link Round Up: September 24, 2018

by sarah | Sep 24, 2018

News and music to start your week! WFAE spoke to Nkieru Okoye who was commissioned to compose a new work for The Charlotte Symphony to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the city’s founding!  Read the interview, or listen in at the WFAE website. Huge news from...