Monday Link Round Up: December 20, 2021

by sarah | Dec 20, 2021

News and music to start your week! The New York Times recapped the rather challenging year in classical music – including awarding Kaija Saariaho (pictured) The Composer of the Year.  Other highlights include building a more diverse repertoire, firsts at the...

Monday Link Round Up: September 13, 2021

by Liane Curtis | Sep 13, 2021

News and music to start your week! The New York Times has an extensive feature of composer, violinist and teacher Jessie Montgomery, pictured above.  Montgomery is one of the leading contemporary composers of 2021, with hundreds of performances in large and small...

Monday Link Round Up: August 2, 2021

by sarah | Aug 2, 2021

News and music to start your week! The San Diego Union-Tribune profiles the life and work of composer Gabriela Lena Frank, pictured above.  The article discusses her identities as a disabled woman of color (being of Peruvian, Chinese, and Lithuanian heritage).  The...

News Round-Up, July 6, 2021

by Liane Curtis | Jul 7, 2021

Here is our Selection of News Links! Chi-Chi Nwanoku (OBE), bassist and founder of Chineke! Orchestra, has worked to recover the role of George Bridgetower, a violinist of African descent, who inspired and premiered Beethoven’s Sonata op. 47.  Nwanoku’s...

Tanglewood — and Beethoven Idolatry — is Back For 2021

by sarah | Jun 11, 2021

By Sarah Baer (with some input by Liane Curtis) The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer home is getting ready to welcome guests again in what is perhaps an ideal venue for events in these strange times.  The traditions of lawn chairs and picnics while enjoying some of...