Tag: Chicago Symphony
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WPA News Digest – December 2, 2024
There’s lots to be excited about for women in music as we kick off December! (Including a few gift ideas.) On Wednesday November 27, the Raices Negras Trio performed at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. The group featured three members of the larger Raíces Negras Collective (pictured left): Dr.…
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Link Roundup: July 12, 2022
We have news about women conductors this week!! At the Chicago Symphony, Apprentice Conductor Lina González-Granados stepped in for Ricardo Muti with a minute’s notice – (really!) exciting moments in the life of a young conductor, and she has earned acclaim all around! (reports HERE and HERE in the Chicago press) An intrepid musician, she…
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Anna Clyne: New Work Commissioned
Today’s composer you should know was inspired by an announcement I just read on the New York Times arts blog about the upcoming season at the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, which has a fantastic reputation of performing a diverse repertoire. And the 2014-2015 year won’t disappoint in that regard—they will be debuting a new work by British composer…
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Music by Florence Price Featured by the Chicago Symphony and Others: A Conversation with Conductor Mei-Ann Chen
Mei-Ann Chen is Music Director of the Memphis Symphony and the Chicago Sinfonietta. Earlier this year she guest-conducted with the San Diego Symphony, and on May 9 she made her subscription debut with the Chicago Symphony. This is four orchestras and their audiences to whom she has introduced the music of Florence Price. A few…