Tag: Errollyn Wallen
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Monday Link Round Up: August 23, 2021
News and music to start your week! We are saddened at the passing of conductor Michael Morgan, pictured above, who served at the Oakland Symphony since 1991. The Oakland Symphony became a model for other ensembles who sought to engage not only their audience but wider communities, to have music that is representative of the…
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Monday Link Round Up: May 3, 2021
News and music to start your week! Congratulations go to composer Errollyn Wallen, pictured above, who was named the recipient of the 2020 ISM Distinguished Musician Award. From the website: “Established in 1976, the ISM Distinguished Musician Award recognises outstanding contributions to musical life in the UK. Errollyn joins such esteemed recipients as Dame Sarah…
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Monday Link Round Up: June 22, 2020
News and music to start your week! TODAY we celebrate the publication of the long-awaited The Heart of a Woman: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price, by Dr. Rae Linda Brown, from the University of Illinois Press. (June 22 is listed by Amazon as the publication date, but hey, best to buy from…
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Monday Link Round Up: July 18, 2016
News to start your week! New Music Box has the fellows and finalists of the New York Foundation of the Arts Artists’ Fellowship Program – including Lisa Bielawa, Du Yun, Stephanie Griffin, Sarah Hennies, Molly Herron, and Angelica Negrón. Read more here. Patti Niemi, percussionist with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra, has a new memoir…