by Kathleen McGowan | Aug 12, 2024
Beginning in September of 2024, Anja Bihlmaier will be the Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Bihlmaier has a longstanding relationship with the orchestra, and the players are keen to have her on the podium for her precision, musical...
by Kathleen McGowan | Aug 5, 2024
It’s August already! We hope your week and your month are off to a great start! *News Flash* — NYTimes article on Marianne Martines highlights the work of The Women’s Philharmonic and its co-founder, conductor Nan H. Washburn The Northern Chamber...
by Liane Curtis | Jul 29, 2024
Hope your week is off to a great start! Continuing the shake-up at the NYPhil, “A Power Vacuum at the Philharmonic” offers further reporting from Sammy Sussman at New York magazine. The April article “A Hidden Sexual-Assault Scandal at the New York Philharmonic”...
by Kathleen McGowan | Jul 22, 2024
We hope you are enjoying your summer! Here are a few of the exciting things happening!! On July 23 from 4:00 to 5:30 PM composer Nathalie Joachim will offer a Master Class in the Visiting Masters – Composition series at the Grant Park Music Festival (Chicago). The...
by Kathleen McGowan | Jul 9, 2024
Hope you are keeping cool this July! Here’s some news! The Chineke! Orchestra announced its 2024–2025 season. On October 9th in the Queen Elizabeth Hall at Southbank Centre (London) they will perform Eleanor Alberga’s Overture, Jupiter’s fairground, Avril...
by Kathleen McGowan | Jun 24, 2024
The summer of 2024 is shaping up to be a summer of women conductors—a welcome sight in a classical music landscape that has famously been hostile to women on the podium. On July 5 & 6, Dalia Stasevska will lead the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in a program of Finnish...
