Tag: Carolyn Watson

  • Announcing the 1874 Project – Six Women Composers to be Commissioned

    Announcing the 1874 Project – Six Women Composers to be Commissioned

    Today’s author, Carolyn Watson is an Australian-born conductor who has been active in the US since 2013.  She serves as Director of Orchestras at the University of Illinois while continuing to enjoy an active freelance career internationally. 2024 marks the 150th anniversary of the first orchestral performance at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. This student-led…

  • Monday Link Round Up: November 6, 2017

    Lots of news to start your week! Anne Midgette has an important piece in The Washington Post about the difficulties women composers continue to face in having their works heard, and new commissions awarded.  (There is funding out there, major orchestras just aren’t interested in using it.)  Read online here.   Ryan Ebright of The New York…