News and music to start your week! We hope that all women –and people of all genders! — were able to celebrate and enjoy International Women’s Day yesterday (March 8). There were musical celebrations around the world! Classical-Music.com compiled a...
News and music to start your week! The Baltimore Sun reports that next season at The Baltimore Symphony will be the last for conductor Marin Alsop, pictured above. She has served as the conductor and artistic leader of the ensemble for 14 years. Opera Philadelphia...
News and music to start your week! The Seattle Times introduces readers to Lina Gonzalez-Granados (pictured above) – one of the first Latin American women to hold a conducting position with the Seattle Symphony. BTW, Gonzalez-Granados’ Boston-based Unitas...
News and music to start your week! Huge congratulations to Hildur Guðnadóttir, pictured above, the first woman to ever win an Oscar for a dramatic score. Now learn more about her, and listen in to more works! Pitchfork offers a great place to start! The Seattle...
News and music to start your week! The New York Philharmonic is commissioning 19 new works by women composers in honor of the 100th anniversary of Women’s Suffrage. Read more about the project, titled simply Project 19, on the New York Philharmonic’s...
News and music to start your week! Congratulations go to Jennifer Higdon, pictured, for winning the Grammy for Best contemporary classical compositions for her Harp Concerto. Caroline Shaw also won the Grammy for Best Chamber Music Performance for her piece,...
