Link Round-Up: July 25, 2022

by Liane Curtis | Jul 25, 2022

Africlassical blog brings us lots of good news!  We always love hearing what Jeri Lynne Johnson and Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra are up to (pictured, Johnson at left leading a workshop) – fantastic news that they have been awarded a Mellon Foundation Grant for their...

Monday Link Roundup: April 11, 2022

by Liane Curtis | Apr 11, 2022

Exciting News to start your week!!:   Opera American has announced the 2022 winners of their Discovery grants. Eight women composers will receive grants to support the development of new opera and music-theater works: Layale Chaker, Ashi Day, Susan Kander, Anne...

Monday Link Round Up: December 13, 2021

by sarah | Dec 13, 2021

News and music to start your week! Composer Nomi Abadi, pictured above, founded the Female Composer Safety League last year after recognizing that female composers have been left out of the #MeToo movement.  Read her conversation with Rebecca Keegan in the Hollywood...

Monday Link Round Up: November 22, 2021

by Liane Curtis | Nov 22, 2021

Composer Stephanie Ann Boyd honored feminist activist Betty Friedan (pictured) in a new composition commissioned and premiered by the Peoria Symphony Orchestra.  Born in Peoria 100 years ago. The work featured lyrics drawn from Friedan’s influential work, The...

Monday Link Round Up: October 18, 2021

by sarah | Oct 18, 2021

News and music to start your week! Congratulations to Nathalie Stutzmann, pictured above, who has been named the new conductor of the Atlanta Symphony!  Stutzmann will be the only woman conducting one of America’s top orchestras when she takes the podium next...