Monday Link Round Up: July 25, 2016

News to start your week! ICYMI, Philip Clark shared his thoughts in The Guardian in a blog post titled “Where have the great composers gone?”  His thesis is, essentially, that contemporary music doesn’t compare to composers like Britten, Tippet,...

Monday Link Round Up: January 18, 2016

Some links to start your week! ICYMI Swedish Radio broadcast Ellen Nisbeth performing Rebecca Clarke’s Sonata for Viola which was orchestrated by Ruth Lomon.  The program will be available to stream here for the next month.   Mari Valverde has an insightful...

Listening to Women Online

We are thrilled to have received so many applications for the 2015 Performance Grant!  It only takes a quick glance to get excited about the innovative, engaging, and out-of-the-box programming that so many professional, community, and youth ensembles have planned for...
New Recordings of Bacewicz String Quartets

New Recordings of Bacewicz String Quartets

Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969) was a prolific Polish composer, and only the second female Polish woman to receive recognition for her work in composition.  Not surprisingly, much of her music (including several symphonies and seven concerti featuring the violin) are...