Monday Link Round Up: October 18, 2021

by sarah | Oct 18, 2021

News and music to start your week! Congratulations to Nathalie Stutzmann, pictured above, who has been named the new conductor of the Atlanta Symphony!  Stutzmann will be the only woman conducting one of America’s top orchestras when she takes the podium next...

Trailblazing Women featured by Santa Rosa Symphony

by Liane Curtis | Jan 22, 2021

— by Liane Curtis The Santa Rosa Symphony (SRS)  has seized upon the need to change their programming due to Covid19 as an opportunity to celebrate diversity and  highlight some brilliant works by women.  They have named Ellen Taaffe Zwilich as Artistic Partner...

Tuesday Link Round Up: May 29, 2018

by sarah | May 29, 2018

News and music to start your week after a meaningful Memorial Day: Happy 90th birthday to Thea Musgrave!  We did a round up of stories about the Scottish American composer’s life – but don’t miss the conversation Musgrave had with NPR. Thrilled to...

Upcoming Performances

by sarah | Apr 8, 2016

The fantastic performances keep coming with another round of concerts supported in part by WPA Performance Grants! On Saturday, April 9, the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra of Houston will present the world premiere of a new Trombone Concerto by Dorothy Gates (herself...

Contemporary Symphonies

by sarah | Aug 28, 2015

The current issue of The New Yorker includes a column by Alex Ross in which he explores the ways in which the symphony has transformed in new music.   As one would expect, it covered the most familiar names with only a few surprises (including Gloria Coates who, to...