Tag: Chicago Sinfonietta
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Chicago Sinfonietta performs Regina Harris Baiocchi’s Muse for Orchestra
Tonight, October 7, the Chicago Sinfonietta performs Regina Harris Baiocchi’s “Muse for Orchestra,” led by Music Director Mei Ann Chen. Their Oct. 5 performance of the work, described as “a powerful tribute to the muses who inspire and guide us,” was its Chicago premiere. The Chicago-based Baiocchi is also a poet and author as well…
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Monday Link Round Up: February 1, 2021
News and music to start your week! On the first day of Black History Month (which should be every month) let’s look at Colorado Public Radio’s list of Contemporary Black Composers You Should Know. Included in the list are Valerie Coleman, Jessie Montgomery (pictured above), Quinn Mason (who has guest blogged for us!), Nkeiru Okoye,…
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Monday Link Round Up: January 18, 2021
News and music to start your week! We in the United States are greatly anticipating Wednesday, January 20, which is inauguration day. Though Washington D.C. will be missing the parades and festivities that are typically associated with the event, we can look forward to a performance of Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man and Joan…
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Monday Link Round Up: June 29, 2020
News and music to start your week! One of the effects of the attention that is finally being paid to the systemic racism that is embedded in our culture is that new attention is being paid to voices that have been omitted from the canon. NPR brought the spotlight to William Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony. Dawson,…