Tag: British Composers Awards

  • WPA News Digest – August 26, 2024

    WPA News Digest – August 26, 2024

    Exciting news this week!! Errollyn Wallen has been appointed Master of the King’s Music by King Charles! The Belize-born British composer and performer is the first black woman to be appointed to this position. She will succeed Dame Judith Weir, who was appointed Master of the Queen’s Music by Queen Elizabeth II in 2014. Wallen…

  • Monday Link Round Up: October 30, 2017

    News to start your week! Celebrate Halloween with a soundtrack of music by women composers!  Check out this fantastic YouTube playlist put together by Music Theory Examples by Women!   Composer Lisa Bielawa writes on NewMusicBox about her new serial opera, Vireo.  It is a great read about the work’s long path between inspiration, development, and…