News to start your week! Composer Patricia Morehead writes about her experiences as a young composer starting out in Chicago, and as a founder of CUBE Contemporary Chamber Ensemble. Read about her full and exciting career, and work to promote new music and support...
News to start your week! Shana Tova to everyone celebrating the new year! In honor of Rosh Hashanah Time Magazine remembers Betty Robbins, the first (known) woman cantor. The magazine profiled her in 1955 and the piece this week follows up with conversations her...
News to start your week! A new opera by Missy Mazzoli premiered in Philadelphia this past weekend. The work, Breaking the Waves, is based on a film by the same name Lars von Trier film. Mazzoli spoke to NPR’s morning edition this past weekend. Read the...
News to start your week! Rising star conductor Mirga Gražinyté-Tyla is making her NYC debut today conducting the Juilliard Orchestra. She is leading the ensemble with Berlioz, Beethoven, and Fires from Lithuanian born composer Raminta Šerkšnytė. Find out more about...
News to start your week! The Library of Congress blog, In the Muse, has a guest post by Kate Doyle, a doctoral candidate specializing in experimental composition and sound for performance art at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Doyle focused this...
Happy Labor Day! Here is some news to enjoy over the holiday, and to start your week! I just found out about the Billie Burke Ziegfeld Award. The prize awards a grant of $10,000 and a year of professional mentorship to an emerging female composer or...
