Tag: jazz
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Monday Link Roundup: Oct. 23, 2023
ICYMI — Composer Courtney Bryan has been awarded a MacArthur “Genius” Grant — WRTI has this report. We mourn the death of Jazz great Carla Bley. Her varied and prolific output included the sprawling jazz opera “Escalator Over The Hill.” Listen on NPR. An important new book The Cambridge Companion to Amy Beach, is coming soon…
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Monday Link Round Up: May 7, 2018
News to start your week! A group of female jazz musicians, who call themselves the We Have Voice Collective, are tackling the problem with sexism in the music industry head-on. Inspired by the #MeToo movement they have not only organized, but have put together a code of conduct to be adopted by festivals, venues, educational institutions,…
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Monday Link Round Up: July 10, 2017
News to start your week! In international news, The Times of India profiles two young women who are making a name for themselves in a particularly male dominated field. Read more about Feviola Fernandes and Delcy Silveira here. The Conversation explores the continued inequalities in the field of Jazz. Though the article focuses primarily on the opportunities available…
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Monday Link Round Up: September 12, 2016
News to start your week! The Library of Congress blog, In the Muse, has a guest post by Kate Doyle, a doctoral candidate specializing in experimental composition and sound for performance art at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Doyle focused this past summer sorting and organizing the music commissioned for Erick Hawkins and his…