Tag: Doreen Carwithen

  • A few events, May 5-7, 2023

    A few events, May 5-7, 2023

    There are so many exciting concerts happening in this busy time!  We hope you get to take in a few — or more!  Just to highlight some very special events — May 5-6, the Boulanger Initiative has their annual WOCO Fest “Awaken!” —  celebrating Women and gender-marginalized Composers! The Festival takes place in Bethesda Maryland…

  • Link Round Up: January 25, 2022

    Link Round Up: January 25, 2022

    Here’s some news for this week! Juilliard Focus Festival 2022, The Making of an American Music, 1899-1948 is taking place this week with much of it streaming.  The January 28 concluding orchestral concert will be conducted by Mei Ann Chen, and features Melissa White as soloist in Florence Price’s Violin Concerto n. 1! . Musicologist…

  • BBC Proms 2021: By the Numbers

    BBC Proms 2021: By the Numbers

    In a year unlike any other for classical music programming, it is simply a relief to know that live music is once again being scheduled, and that audiences are once again meeting in person.  Those of us that crave concert halls and the anticipation of a downbeat will accept just about anything as long as…

  • Coming Concerts

    Two more great events to look forward toward this weekend from WPA Performance Grant winners!! The Saratoga Orchestra of Whidbey Island, under the direction of Anna Edwards, will perform American composer Margaret Brouwer’s Sizzle.  The piece was originally commissioned by The Women’s Philharmonic as part of The Fanfares Project and was premiered in 2000.  Read more about…