Monday Link Round Up: September 27, 2021

by sarah | Sep 27, 2021

News and music to start your week! Congratulations go to Terrance Blanchard (pictured above), the first Black composer to have a work performed at the Metropolitan Opera.  His work, Fire Shut Up In My Bones, opens tonight!  The New York Times talks to Blanchard about...

Monday Link Round Up: September 20, 2021

by sarah | Sep 20, 2021

News and music to start your week! Congratulations to Mary Watkins, recipient of Opera America’s Opera Grants for Female Composers!  Learn more about her opera Dark River: The Fannie Lou Hammer Story as well as her Emmet Till: The Opera, scheduled for premiere...

Monday Link Round Up: September 13, 2021

by Liane Curtis | Sep 13, 2021

News and music to start your week! The New York Times has an extensive feature of composer, violinist and teacher Jessie Montgomery, pictured above.  Montgomery is one of the leading contemporary composers of 2021, with hundreds of performances in large and small...

Monday Link Round Up: September 6, 2021

by sarah | Sep 6, 2021

Music and news to start your week! Violinist Jennifer Koh, pictured above, turned the pandemic – and the silencing of the performing arts industry – into an opportunity to collaborate and create in a new way.  She contacted composers and commissioned 40...

Monday Link Round Up: August 30, 2021

by sarah | Aug 31, 2021

New and music to start your week! A new set of albums have been released, remastering the recordings of contralto Marian Anderson, pictured above.  This groundbreaking performer had a tremendous talent, and overcame daunting obstacles in order to perform in...

Monday Link Round Up: August 23, 2021

by sarah | Aug 23, 2021

News and music to start your week! We are saddened at the passing of conductor Michael Morgan, pictured above, who served at the Oakland Symphony since 1991.  The Oakland Symphony became a model for other ensembles who sought to engage not only their audience but...