by sarah | Nov 28, 2016
News to start your week! First, some very sad news of the death of a pioneer. Pauline Oliveros has passed at age 84. There are many remembrances and tributes. The Guardian has a remembrance, Alex Ross invites readers to listen in, and NPR included a story about...
by sarah | Nov 7, 2016
News to start your week! The Guardian republished a piece from their archives about the history of all-women orchestras in the UK. There were several “Lady Orchestras” – in the United States and abroad – at the turn of the 20th century, who...
by sarah | Oct 24, 2016
News to start your week! In another follow up to the performance of works by Saariaho by the New York Phil, read the review by Alex Ross in the October 31 issue of The New Yorker. The full article is available online here. Cellist Evangeline Benedetti...
by sarah | Oct 12, 2015
Some links to start your week! WPA President was a guest blogger over at Song of the Lark. Read her thoughts on the current state of classical programming, and what can be done to change it here. A bit delayed – but I just stumbled upon Richard Brody’s...
by sarah | Aug 28, 2015
The current issue of The New Yorker includes a column by Alex Ross in which he explores the ways in which the symphony has transformed in new music. As one would expect, it covered the most familiar names with only a few surprises (including Gloria Coates who, to...
