Tag: Germaine Tailleferre
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Monday Link Round Up: May 22, 2017
News to start your week! The New York Times remembers the life and work of electronic composer Maryanne Amacher, who died in 2009. Her studies with Stockhausen helped shape her unique approach and sound – and led her to fantastic collaborations, including with John Cage, but few authorized recordings of her works. Read more here. …
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Diverse Programming at the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra
More and more ensembles have been embracing the summer festival season in recent years, and using the opportunity to explore new approaches in performance venues and programming. The Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra is one of the most established summer ensembles, first established in 1987 to extend the classical music season into the summer months. Though…
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Composers You Should Know: Germaine Tailleferre
This past Tuesday, April 19, marked the 124th birthday of French composer Germaine Tailleferre. She is remembered predominately for being the only female member of Les Six, a group of French composers (other members included Louis Durey, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud, Georges Auric, and Francis Poulenc). Tailleferre attended the Paris Conservatory against her father’s wishes. Her…
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Summer with the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra
That Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra has an exciting summer season of concerts planned is no surprise – after all, their tagline is: “Performing diverse music for chamber orchestra.” That diversity is represented in creative and innovative programming that shares with their audiences works that are not typically heard. The LSCO, which is now in it’s 29th…