Monday Link Round Up: September 25, 2017

by sarah | Sep 25, 2017

News to start your week! The WQXR blog talks with JoAnn Falletta, conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic and Virginia Symphony, about why it seems that professional orchestras actually play behind the conducted beat.  Read more here. In more conducting news,...

Monday Link Round Up: October 31, 2016

by sarah | Oct 31, 2016

News to start your week! In honor of Halloween, take a few minutes to read about Elizabeth Lutyens – an English composer who worked in serialism, but who is perhaps most famous for the dozens of film scores she wrote for horror films!  Read more here.   The...

Listen to FEMALE CONDUCTORS — a whole LOT of them!!

by Liane Curtis | Dec 11, 2015

Back on Aug. 9, 2015, Jeremy Eichler (the Boston Globe’s classical music critic) annoyed me by repeatedly using male pronouns in an article about the art of conducting.  True, the article’s focus was the Boston SO’s new(ish) music director Andris Nelsons, but I...

Moving Forward: Opportunities for Women Conductors

by sarah | Dec 4, 2015

It’s been a banner year for opportunities for women conductors.  Since this time last year we’ve shared stories about: Elim Chan, the first woman to win the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition Rei Hotoda, the first woman Associate Conductor to the Utah...

Monday Link Round Up: September 21, 2015

by sarah | Sep 21, 2015

What you need to know as you start your week! After 25 years at the helm, Marin Alsop is stepping down as musical director of the Cabrillo Festival after the 2016 season.  Stay tuned to see who may fill these very large shoes for the 2017 season, and what adventurous...