Link-Round-up August 8, 2022

by Liane Curtis | Aug 8, 2022

Hope your week is off to a great start! The continuing push for women conductors, and Marin Alsop’s role in supporting more recognition, training and opportunities for women in the field is noted in this review of the “Breaking Barriers” Festival at Chicago’s Ravinia....

Link Round-Up: July 25, 2022

by Liane Curtis | Jul 25, 2022

Africlassical blog brings us lots of good news!  We always love hearing what Jeri Lynne Johnson and Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra are up to (pictured, Johnson at left leading a workshop) – fantastic news that they have been awarded a Mellon Foundation Grant for their...

Monday Link Round Up: September 20, 2021

by sarah | Sep 20, 2021

News and music to start your week! Congratulations to Mary Watkins, recipient of Opera America’s Opera Grants for Female Composers!  Learn more about her opera Dark River: The Fannie Lou Hammer Story as well as her Emmet Till: The Opera, scheduled for premiere...

Monday Link Round Up: September 13, 2021

by Liane Curtis | Sep 13, 2021

News and music to start your week! The New York Times has an extensive feature of composer, violinist and teacher Jessie Montgomery, pictured above.  Montgomery is one of the leading contemporary composers of 2021, with hundreds of performances in large and small...

Monday Link Round Up: December 14, 2020

by sarah | Dec 14, 2020

News and music to start your week! Congratulations go to Nathalie Stutzmann, pictured above, who was just named principal guest conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra.  The three year contract will begin with the 2021-2022 season.  The Philadelphia Inquirer has more....