News and music to start your week! Congratulations go to Terrance Blanchard (pictured above), the first Black composer to have a work performed at the Metropolitan Opera. His work, Fire Shut Up In My Bones, opens tonight! The New York Times talks to Blanchard about...
It’s our Annual Repertoire Report! The works of just three men outnumber the total performances of all works by women for the entire season — and yet we find reason for optimism As vaccination rates rise and U.S. CDC guidelines change, those of us in the...
News and music to start your week! Composer Ellen Reid, pictured above, is profiled in the San Francisco Classical Voice. Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for music, Reid is also a sound artist and spoke with SFCV about her work, her background, and collaboration...
News and music to start your week! Congratulations go to composer Errollyn Wallen, pictured above, who was named the recipient of the 2020 ISM Distinguished Musician Award. From the website: “Established in 1976, the ISM Distinguished Musician Award recognises...
News and music to start your week! I Care if You Listen posed five questions to Canadian composer Alexina Louie (pictured above) and Evie Mark, who is a throat singer. They talk about Louie’s Take The Dog Sled – a Inuit-Western musical collaboration that...