Tag: discovery
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Composers to Discover! Laura Valborg Aulin — a “Tableaux” of Her Life and Music
We are happy to continue our series, Composers to Discover! featuring essays by students in the Public Musicology Certificate Program at Columbus State University, coordinated by Dr. Reba Wissner. Today’s essay is by Brandon Tharp. Brandon is completing an MM in choral conducting at the Schwob School of Music, Columbus State Univ., where he also…
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Featured Guest Blogger: Katelyn Clark
Today’s Featured Guest Blogger is Canadian harpsichordist Katelyn Clark. Clark specializes in the performance of historical repertoire and experimental music on early keyboard instruments. Currently, her research focuses on the London pianoforte school and the careers of late Enlightenment musicians. Clark has been an artist in residence at the Banff Centre, NES in Iceland, Artscape on…
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The “Female Beethoven” rediscovered in north Germany!
“The Norwegians have their Grieg, The Finns their Sibelius, the Poles have their Chopin. And WE have Emilie Mayer – we just didn’t know it until now!” So proclaimed the northern German Nordkurrier in May 2012, when the Neubrandenburger Philharmonie celebrated the 200th anniversary of Emilie Mayer’s birth. Despite being very prolific and celebrated in her…