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,...
Music and news to start your week! For the first time ever, the orchestra of the Academy Awards Ceremony (the Oscars, Feb. 9) will be led by a woman. Congratulations go to Irish conductor Eímear Noone, pictured above, who will lead excerpts from the films nominated...
News and Music to start your week! Wishing everyone a meaningful and reflective Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! Celebrate by listing in to DiscoverClassical.com which features a day of music programming by Black composers – including works by Florence Price and...
News and music to start your week! Jessie Montgomery, pictured above, is profiled by Angela Allen, about diving into the world of opera. Read more at Classical Voices in America. The Daffodil Perspective has a list of 10 ways to make classical music more accessible....
News and music to start your week! What better way to start off the new year than with Musicology Duck’s Listen Wider Challenge! The goal is to encourage music enthusiasts to move out of their comfort zone and expand their playlists to include a wider variety...
News and music to start your week! With 2020 only a few days away, now is the time to grab your new WPA Calendar! Newly revised and better than ever – featuring the birthdays of historic and contemporary composers, and celebrating the anniversaries of...