Monday Link Round Up: February 3, 2020

Monday Link Round Up: February 3, 2020

by | Feb 3, 2020

News and music to start your week! Congratulations go to Jennifer Higdon, pictured, for winning the Grammy for Best contemporary classical compositions for her Harp Concerto.  Caroline Shaw also won the Grammy for Best Chamber Music Performance for her piece,...
Monday Link Round Up: January 27, 2020

Monday Link Round Up: January 27, 2020

by | Jan 27, 2020

Music and news to start your week! For the first time ever, the orchestra of the Academy Awards Ceremony (the Oscars, Feb. 9) will be led by a woman.  Congratulations go to Irish conductor Eímear Noone, pictured above, who will lead excerpts from the films nominated...
Monday Link Round Up: January 20, 2020

Monday Link Round Up: January 20, 2020

by | Jan 20, 2020

News and Music to start your week! Wishing everyone a meaningful and reflective Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!  Celebrate by listing in to DiscoverClassical.com which features a day of music  programming by Black composers – including works by Florence Price and...
TBT — The Women’s Phil as an American Orchestra (1999)

TBT — The Women’s Phil as an American Orchestra (1999)

by | Jan 17, 2020

An article published by New Music Box on Sept. 1, 1999, celebrates The Women’s Philharmonic as one of twenty orchestras that are making a special commitment to new American music.  Author Andrew Druckenbrod notes that TWP …  has commissioned 35 works since...