Tag: Courtney Bryan
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Juneteenth Celebrations with Orchestral Music (2024)
We’d like to highlight just a few of the many many Juneteenth Celebrations that will be taking place across the US over the next week, with some orchestras also featuring women composers. The Minnesota Orchestra’s Juneteenth Celebration is today Friday June 14, and includes Margaret Bonds’ Benediction from her Montgomery Variations, and William Grant Still’s…
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Monday Link Roundup: Oct. 23, 2023
ICYMI — Composer Courtney Bryan has been awarded a MacArthur “Genius” Grant — WRTI has this report. We mourn the death of Jazz great Carla Bley. Her varied and prolific output included the sprawling jazz opera “Escalator Over The Hill.” Listen on NPR. An important new book The Cambridge Companion to Amy Beach, is coming soon…
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Monday Link Round Up: July 13, 2020
News and music to start your week! We are saddened to hear about the passing of composer Marga Richter (1926-2020), pictured above. Sezquenza21 has an obituary with links to other remembrances, her website, and samples of her work. George Lewis highlighted more Black composers and their music in The New York Times. Included are Tania…
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Monday Link Round Up: June 8, 2020
News and music – and social justice – to start your week. We at Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter community in striving for justice. Today we will focus on some of the conversations that musicians have been having regarding the current climate and how to move forward. Anthony McGill,…