Tag: Experiential Orchestra
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Julia Perry’s Violin Concerto Revealed
By Dr. Liane Curtis On Dec. 2, 2022 I had the opportunity to hear – more than hear, of course, to experience — the Experiential Orchestra in New York City (you will recall that EXO brought us the magnificent recording of Ethel Smyth’s The Prison, which won a Grammy in 2021). This was not something…
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Monday Link Round Up: August 10, 2020
News and music to start your week! We are saddened to hear about the death of Helen Jones Woods – a trombonist who performed with the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, an interracial all-female Big Band that toured widely during WWII. Jones, pictured above, was 96 and tragically died fighting COVID-19. Read more at NPR about…
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Monday Link Round Up: August 3, 2020
News and music to start your week! Congratulations go to Rhiannon Giddens – a trained opera singer, virtuoso fiddler and banjo player, founding member of The Carolina Chocolate Drops, MacArthur Genius grant winner, and composer who is pictured above. Giddens was just announced to be the artistic director of Silkroad, the cross-cultural music organization founded…
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The First Recording of Ethel Smyth’s The Prison
We welcome our Featured Guest Blogger Dr. Amy Zigler back to share her recent experience! The Recording of Ethel Smyth’s The Prison by James Blachly and the Experiential Orchestra, with Sarah Brailey, soprano, Dashon Burton, bass-baritone, Steven Fox and the Clarion Choir, and Blanton Alspaugh and Brandon Johnson of Soundmirror. 14-15 February…