Interview with Caroline Shaw

New Music Box just posted a fabulous conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning composer Caroline Shaw.  At the time she won the Pulitzer much was made about her age (she was only 30 – the youngest ever person to win) and her training, or lack thereof.  You can...
Virginia Symphony Premieres Larsen

Virginia Symphony Premieres Larsen

The Virginia Symphony Orchestra, winner of a 2014 Performance Grant, will give the World Premiere of a new version of Libby Larsen’s Four on the Floor this weekend.  Originally composed for violin, cello, double bass and piano, Larsen has re-orchestrated the...
Boulanger Premiere!

Boulanger Premiere!

I was thrilled to learn that a long-lost work by Lili Boulanger will finally receive its premiere on Thursday, February 26. The Royal College of Music will present the work at the Royal Festival Hall.  The Philharmonia Orchestra’s website provides more...
U.S. Premiere for Sylvie Bodorova

U.S. Premiere for Sylvie Bodorova

I was thrilled to read that the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra presented the U.S. Premiere of Czech composer Sylvie Bodorova’s Symphony No. 1.  Read the review in the Washington Post. The work was first premiered in March of 2011 – what a shame that it has...
Lancaster Symphony is Honoring Tina Davidson

Lancaster Symphony is Honoring Tina Davidson

This weekend one of our Performance Grant winners, the Lancaster Symphony in Pennsylvania, will honor the life and work of Tina Davidson, recipient of this year’s Composer Award, given annually by the Lancaster Symphony to a contemporary classical composer for...