News to start your week! Opera5, a Canadian opera company which is based in Toronto, will be presenting two works by Ethel Smyth – Fête Galante and The Boatswain’s Mate – June 22 through the 25th. Smyth is remembered for her work as a...
News to start your week! Melanie Zeck, music librarian and historian at the Center for Black Music Research in Chicago, writes fro The Francisco Chronicle exploring the music of the African diaspora. Learn more about William Grant Still, Joseph Bologne...
News to start your week! The New York Times discusses the work of Meredith Monk – and the challenges in learning her music. The vocal ensemble M6 will be reviving some Monk’s less performed older works this week. Lisa Bielawa has created a new...
Happy Memorial Day to those who observe! Here is some news to start your week! Lisa Caplan, a PhD candidate in American Studies and Afro-American Studies at Yale has a great contribution to The New Yorker about the need for more diversity in opera productions –...
News to start your week! The New York Times remembers the life and work of electronic composer Maryanne Amacher, who died in 2009. Her studies with Stockhausen helped shape her unique approach and sound – and led her to fantastic collaborations,...
News to start your week! In honor of Mother’s Day, WQXR shared some conversations about music and motherhood with four highly accomplished professional musicians. Catch it here! And, along the same lines, it’s a perfect time to re-read Emily...
