Some news to start your week! As we talk about inclusiveness of women, we must also address topics of race. Over the summer the Metropolitan Opera decided to ban the use of blackface in performances of Otello. This week Anne Midgette of The Washington Post spoke to...
Some links to start your week! WPA President was a guest blogger over at Song of the Lark. Read her thoughts on the current state of classical programming, and what can be done to change it here. A bit delayed – but I just stumbled upon Richard Brody’s...
Some news to start your week! Welcome to October – and a new quiz from Into the Light Radio! Have a listen and enter for a chance to win a CD of orchestral works by women composers. The Guardian has a review of a new recording of songs collected by King Henry...
Some news to start your week! NPR spoke with Pulitzer Prize winning composer Julia Wolfe discussing the winning work, Anthracite Fields, upon the release of the recording. The conversation covers Wolfe’s inspiration and compositional process Read more here or...
What you need to know as you start your week! After 25 years at the helm, Marin Alsop is stepping down as musical director of the Cabrillo Festival after the 2016 season. Stay tuned to see who may fill these very large shoes for the 2017 season, and what adventurous...
There was a lot of great news over the weekend – time to catch up for the week ahead! Great news for Jessy McCabe and everyone who signed the Change.org petition to include works by women composers in the Edexcel curriculum – change is coming! McCabe...
