The most anticipated and celebrated summer festival each year — as well as one of the oldest, and longest, running from July to September. The Proms always presents an interesting range of ensembles, conductors, soloists, and styles. The 2016 season kicks off...
Catch up on the news from the weekend: The Guardian asked composer Anna Clyne (among others) to put together a Classical Music for Beginners list. She includes works by Kaija Saariaho and Caroline Shaw – read, and listen, here. NPR did a great piece on the life...
The 2015-2016 concert season is now underway for ensembles across the United States – which means it’s also time to take a look at the orchestral repertoire that is being performed. As we wait for the official repertoire reports from the League of American...
Some stories that caught our eye over the weekend: Composers Now has announced that Jin Hi Kim and Peter Van Zandt Lane have been awarded the second annual Composers Now Creative Residencies. The residencies will take place in November 2015 and each composer will...
Anna Clyne, by all accounts, appears to be one of the hardest working young composers today. Born in London, and a former student of Pulitzer Prize winner Julia Wolfe, her works have been commissioned across the country and have met high praise – including a...
