Tag: Amy Beach
-
Monday Link Round Up: April 15, 2019
News and music to start your week! Sorry to be late with our update, we’re just back from Minneapolis, where huge things are happening at the Minnesota Orchestra with Maestro Sarah Hicks! A few weeks ago, the hip-hop artist Dessa live-recorded an album with the orchestra, a first for a hip-hop artists and a major…
-
SAM Conference: Day 2
Friday brought another exciting day of conversation, connection, and potential for future collaboration! After a day of papers and conversations the WPA team had the opportunity to visit the historic Cabildo – which was the title of and setting for Amy Beach’s only opera which incorporates Creole tunes. The evening brought us through Louis Armstrong…
-
Music to Love – Upcoming Concerts
February is bringing us a wonderful assortment of concerts! Last weekend saw the performances of works by Joan Tower and Amy Beach by the Springfield Symphony (read an excellent review at MassLive), as well as Libby Larsen’s Symphony No. 4 by the California Chamber Orchestra. This weekend Orchestra Seattle | Seattle Chamber Singers will perform…
-
Monday Link Round Up: August 20, 2018
News and music to start your week! The Philadelphia Orchestra is collaborating with American Composers Orchestra to offer a closed reading session for six up-and-coming women composers. Though not open to the public, the ensemble will perform and critique each work with the composer and administration from other ensembles in an effort to have more…