Tag: Grammy Awards
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Monday Link Round Up: March 22, 2021
News and music to start your week! Congratulations continue to pour in for Ethel Smyth’s first-ever Grammy, thanks to the recording by James Blachly and The Experiential Orchestra! This crowdfunded CD, which WPA was proud to help support, has been praised since its release, and this award further reinforces not only this work, but the…
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Monday Link Round Up March 15, 2021
We start with some BIG NEWS! Dame Ethel Smyth’s “The Prison” has become the first work by a historic woman composer to win a Grammy Award. Smyth: The Prison, with soloists soprano Sarah Brailey and bass-baritone Dashon Burton, and the Experiential Orchestra and Chorus directed by James Blachly, won in the Best Classical Solo Vocal…
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Monday Link Round Up: December 14, 2020
News and music to start your week! Congratulations go to Nathalie Stutzmann, pictured above, who was just named principal guest conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra. The three year contract will begin with the 2021-2022 season. The Philadelphia Inquirer has more. For those readers who celebrate the Advent season, be sure to explore the online Advent…
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Monday Link Round Up: November 30, 2020
News and music to start the week! NewMusicBox spoke to composer and flautist Valerie Coleman (pictured) about her work. She is one of the eight American composers participating in the New Music USA’s Amplifying Voices program – commissioning new works by composers of color. Read the interview here. This past week on Lara Downes program…