Tag: Classical FM
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Monday Link Round Up – March 8, 2021
News and music to start your week! Happy International Women’s Day! Check out this post for the ways we’ve found you can listen to works by women composers (as well as learn about them) throughout today! Great news from BBC Radio 3 which has announced funding to seven researchers to give recognition to classical composers…
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Monday Link Round Up: November 23, 2020
News and music to start your week! Ellen Taylor writes for Voice about what she learned after a presentation about Black classical music by pianist and musicologist Dr. Samantha Ege, pictured above. Dr. Ege is a particular champion of the works of Florence Price, including a recording project featured in The Bristol Magazine. Classical FM…
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Monday Link Round Up: April 1, 2019
News and music to start your week! Smithsonian Magazine has a great article about Hawai’i’s last ruler and composer Queen Lili’uokalani. Last year a new orchestra formed in the UK specifically for musicians with disabilities. Classical FM has a story on how the first year has gone and how they are looking forward to the…
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Monday Link Round Up: May 14, 2018
News and music to start your week! In honor of Mother’s Day, WQXR has a series of conversations with women composers about motherhood. Hear from Sarah Kirkland Snider, Valerie Coleman, and Marilyn Shrude here. Classical FM has a brief history of women gaining entry to professional orchestras. Read on here. Congratulations to conductor Karina Canellakis who,…