Monday Link Round Up: August 24, 2020

by sarah | Aug 24, 2020

News and music to start your week! The Philadelphia Orchestra joins in the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the passing of the 19th amendment in the US.  In a special conversation taking place on August 26, First Associate Concertmaster Juliette Kang, Composer...

Monday Link Round Up: March 2, 2020

by sarah | Mar 2, 2020

News and music to start your week! The Baltimore Sun reports that next season at The Baltimore Symphony will be the last for conductor Marin Alsop, pictured above.  She has served as the conductor and artistic leader of the ensemble for 14 years. Opera Philadelphia...

TBT — The Women’s Phil as an American Orchestra (1999)

by Liane Curtis | Jan 17, 2020

An article published by New Music Box on Sept. 1, 1999, celebrates The Women’s Philharmonic as one of twenty orchestras that are making a special commitment to new American music.  Author Andrew Druckenbrod notes that TWP …  has commissioned 35 works since...

Project W by the Chicago Sinfonietta — CD Review by Quinn Mason

by Liane Curtis | Nov 9, 2019

We’ve followed the important work of the Chicago Sinfonietta for many years (for instance, here is our 2013 interview with their music director, Mei Ann Chen) and are happy to present a review of their latest CD, reviewed by Quinn Mason.  Quinn’s previous...

Monday Link Round Up: September 9, 2019

by sarah | Sep 9, 2019

News and music to start your week! The topic of women’s bodies – and body shaming – is not new to the world of classical music, and opera in particular. In recent news, soprano Kathryn Lewek received more words on her body in a review than about her...