Tag: Helga Davis

  • Monday Link Round Up: November 16, 2020

    Monday Link Round Up: November 16, 2020

    News and music to start your week! Congratulations go to Grace Moore, pictured below, who had her work premiered by members of the New York Philharmonic as part of their Very Young Composers program.  Moore, who was born in Brooklyn, said that her work was inspired in part by the Black Lives Matter movement. Read…

  • Monday Link Round Up: February 25, 2019

    Monday Link Round Up: February 25, 2019

    News and Music to start your week! ICYMI, Musicologist Douglas Shadle has a new post at NewMusicBox about the life and legacy of Florence Price, specifically remembered in this #BlackLivesMatter era.  If you haven’t already, make time for this great piece now! Composer and performer Helga Davis spoke at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in…

  • Monday Link Round Up: February 11, 2019

    Monday Link Round Up: February 11, 2019

    News and music to start your week! The Financial Times calls composer Anna Thorvaldsdottír “the most exciting force in Icelandic music since Björk”  but clearly she is a dynamic artistic figure outside of Icelandic music! The article looks at her life, music, current projects, and future aspirations (although it’s behind a paywall, so we are just…