Monday Link Round Up: January 20, 2020

Monday Link Round Up: January 20, 2020

News and Music to start your week! Wishing everyone a meaningful and reflective Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!  Celebrate by listing in to DiscoverClassical.com which features a day of music  programming by Black composers – including works by Florence Price and...
Music to Love – Upcoming Concerts

Music to Love – Upcoming Concerts

February is bringing us a wonderful assortment of concerts!  Last weekend saw the performances of works by Joan Tower and Amy Beach by the Springfield Symphony (read an excellent review at MassLive), as well as Libby Larsen’s Symphony No. 4 by the California...
Monday Link Round Up: January 7, 2019

Monday Link Round Up: January 7, 2019

News and music to start your week! As the 2018 retrospectives continue, we also remember those composers who are no longer with us. Don’t miss the beautiful remembrance of George Walker written by his son, Gregory, at New Music Box. NPR spoke to violinist Rachel...
Monday Link Round Up: August 27, 2018

Monday Link Round Up: August 27, 2018

News to start your week! We are saddened by the passing of American Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, pianist, and educator George Walker.  He claimed the title of “first” to many achievements in the classical music world, including: first African American...

Monday Link Round Up: September 11, 2017

News to start your week! NewMusicBox has an interview with American composer George Walker, who is still composing at 95.  Learn more about his life and compositions on the NewMusicBox website, and through the video below:   Also this week on NewMusicBox, Shi-An...