Link Round-Up: July 25, 2022

Link Round-Up: July 25, 2022

by | Jul 25, 2022

Africlassical blog brings us lots of good news!  We always love hearing what Jeri Lynne Johnson and Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra are up to (pictured, Johnson at left leading a workshop) – fantastic news that they have been awarded a Mellon Foundation Grant for their...
Monday Link Round Up: January 31, 2022

Monday Link Round Up: January 31, 2022

by | Jan 31, 2022

  The new documentary film about Marin Alsop, CONDUCTOR, directed by Bernadette Wegenstein, is earning well-deserved praise and attention.  This includes an interview with Alsop on NPR, and a review in the New York Times.  But (so far) our favorite response is...
Monday Link Roundup: September 7, 2020

Monday Link Roundup: September 7, 2020

by | Sep 7, 2020

Happy Labor Day to everyone in the United States!  We are reminded, on this day of rest, of the work that still needs to be done for racial equality. We missed this article in June, but it is just as relevant now.  Conductor Jeri Lynne Johnson, pictured above, founder...
Monday Link Round up: October 1, 2018

Monday Link Round up: October 1, 2018

by | Oct 1, 2018

News to start your week?  But this last week was not just any week. For those in the US, the past week was something unique and critical.  On Thursday we listened to a woman’s account of a violent sexual attack that she experienced. And we heard men —...