Monday Link Round Up: March 1, 2021

Monday Link Round Up: March 1, 2021

News and music to start your week – and happy Women’s History Month! Join us throughout the month of March as we highlight works that deserve to be heard more often.  Follow along on Twitter: @WomensPhil Learn about the rising composer Hannah Kendall...
Monday Link Round Up: February 22, 2021

Monday Link Round Up: February 22, 2021

News and music to start your week! The Philadelphia Orchestra performed Florence Price’s Piano Concerto this past week.  It is no surprise to anyone familiar with Price’s work that the piece was well received, and left audience members asking why it was...
Monday Link Round Up: February 15, 2021

Monday Link Round Up: February 15, 2021

News and music to start your week! We are excited about the new podcast from composer Julia Adolphe, pictured above, discussing creativity and mental health.  Read more about her personal connection between the two, and where you can listen in to Looseleaf Notebook at...
Monday Link Round Up: February 8, 2021

Monday Link Round Up: February 8, 2021

News and music to start your week! I Care if You Listen posed five questions to Canadian composer Alexina Louie (pictured above) and Evie Mark, who is a throat singer.  They talk about Louie’s Take The Dog Sled – a Inuit-Western musical collaboration that...
Monday Link Round Up: February 1, 2021

Monday Link Round Up: February 1, 2021

News and music to start your week! On the first day of Black History Month (which should be every month) let’s look at Colorado Public Radio’s list of Contemporary Black Composers You Should Know.  Included in the list are Valerie Coleman, Jessie...
Monday Link Round Up: January 25, 2021

Monday Link Round Up: January 25, 2021

News and music to start your week! Celebrations are underway (to the extent possible given the pandemic) for the centennial birthday of pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams, pictured above.  She is featured in a story on NPR by reporter Lara Pellegrinelli.  Read the...