Tag: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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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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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…
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Monday Link Round Up: June 21, 2021
News and music to start your week! The Chicago Tribune spoke with Missy Mazzoli, pictured above, who is wrapping up her third year as Composer In Residence at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She speaks with the Chicago Tribune about what it was like to be a composer in residence during a pandemic, and her work…
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Monday Link Round Up: April 26, 2021
News and music to start the week! Congratulations to composer Jessie Montgomery, pictured, who was just named the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s new composer in residence! Her three year term begins July 1. Read more at the Chicago Sun Times. The CSO Press release (PDF) is here. Also, these seven women have been appointed Guggenheim Fellows…