by Liane Curtis | Mar 29, 2014
Sorry to have gotten behind in the blogging! Here is last night’s concert, March 28. I love Jennifer Higdon’s music. BUT I did have some trepidation that a whole concert of her music might be a bit much. My concern was needless. The evening was completely...
by SMBrown | Mar 28, 2014
In a relatively short time Wang Jie has made quite an impression on the classical music establishment. Last June the Orchestra of the League of Composers premiered Wang’s Oboe Concerto for the Genuine Hearts of Sadness, a work it had commissioned with funding in...
by Liane Curtis | Mar 26, 2014
The second concert (Mar. 25) of the Eastman Women In Music Festival (the Festival includes several venues that are near Eastman, but not part of Eastman): The Kaplan Duo delighted us with their noon hour recital at Nazareth College. I’ve known the pianist Nanette...
by SMBrown | Mar 25, 2014
Maria Schneider has a knack for choosing to work in musical genres where women have traditionally been least represented and recognized—and then flipping the script to win all kinds of renown and accolade. As a jazz composer and big-band leader, Schneider has been...
by Liane Curtis | Mar 24, 2014
Today was the first day of the Tenth Annual Festival of Women in Music at the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY). The Festival was founded and is organized by pianist and Eastman Faculty member Sylvie Beaudette. Correct me if I’m wrong, but to my knowledge,...
