Women's Philharmonic Advocacy

Tag: Du Yun

  • Monday Link Round Up: February 18, 2019

    Monday Link Round Up: February 18, 2019

    News and Music to start your week! We are saddened to report the loss of Dr. Nancy B. Reich – renowned musicologist and advocate for women’s work in music.  Her daughter Susanne Reich suggested in her late mother’s obituary the opportunity for people to donate to Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy in Nancy Reich’s memory.  You may…

  • Monday Link Round Up: December 10, 2018

    Monday Link Round Up: December 10, 2018

    News and music to start your week! Congratulations to Du Yun and Missy Mazzoli for their Grammy nominations in the Best Contemporary Classical Composition category!  The Los Angeles Times has the full list of classical nominees, which also includes Laurie Anderson’s “Landfall” for Best Chamber Music. Read Joseph Horowitz’s article in the Weekly Standard about…

  • Monday Link Round Up: May 8, 2017

    News to start your week!   Tom Huizenga at NPR’s Deceptive Cadence continues the conversation about representation with Pulitzer Prize winning composer Du Yun, and follows up on the essay written by Mohammed Fairouz (included in last week’s round up).  Read the full piece by Huizenga here.   On An Overgrown Path discusses the importance…

  • Monday Link Round Up: April 17, 2017

    News to start your week! Congratulations to Du Yun for winning the Pulitzer Prize in Music for her opera Angel’s Bone!  Read the story at NPR or NewMusicBox – which interviewed the composer about her work in 2014.  Watch part of the interview below:   It is also notable that for the first time in history all three…