(Yet Another) Article about Women Conductors

Another addition to the continued conversation about the trials and tribulations or women as conductors in the professional music world appeared in Variety this past week. The piece, written by Anastasia Tsioulcas, is also a contender in the contest for the Poorest...

Sexualizing Spaces

This is old news now, but still worth mentioning. Robert Everett-Green from the Globe and Mail recently shared a very vivid article on the new concert hall at Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music.  Though I’m sure patrons of the arts can all be appreciative of a...
Rethinking Mozart

Rethinking Mozart

In recent days the life, and death, of one of the most famous dead, white, male composers has been in the news quite a bit. Even CNN.com has included stories on their main page, further demonstrating the force that a famous name can carry with it in today’s world....

More rethinking of Mozart

[NB: I wanted to post this a comment to Sarah’s Mozart post, but it got a little long, plus the comment feature doesn’t seem to allow links. So I’m post-dating it so it will be under Sarah’s post. — Liane Curtis] In history, little is...
Good News for Marin Alsop

Good News for Marin Alsop

The Baltimore Sun just announced that Marin Alsop’s contract with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has been extended until “at least” 2015! The article, linked here, expresses the excitement that conductor and musicians felt at the development. Perhaps a quote from...

Women Conductors in LA Times

The Los Angeles Times recently printed a substantial article on recent appointments of several women conductors to prestigious orchestras. The piece opens with the recent news surrounding Xian Zhang and her appointment to The Giuseppe Verdi Orchestra in Milan, and the...