Monday Link Round Up: October 17, 2016

by | Oct 17, 2016

News to start your week! The third episode of the Listening to Ladies podcast is live!  Listen here to a conversation with composer and sound artist Anna Höstman. The New York Philharmonic performed a new work by Kaija Saariaho at the Park Avenue Armory this past...
Followup on our 2016-17 Repertoire Report

Followup on our 2016-17 Repertoire Report

by | Sep 8, 2016

 We’ve had pushback on some of the information in our blog post on the 2016-2017 orchestral repertoire of the top 21 U.S. orchestras.  A statement by musicologist and writer Steve Ledbetter (on his Facebook page), that these 14 orchestras “have totally turned...

Monday Link Round Up: February 22, 2016

by | Feb 22, 2016

News to start your week! It was announced this week that Kaija Saaraiho will be the first woman since Ethel Smyth to hear her opera performed at the Met – making her the second woman ever.  The New York Times has the story. For some perspective, the Times also...

Monday Link Round Up: February 15, 2016

by | Feb 15, 2016

News to start your week! Singer and doctoral candidate Catherine Gardner is conducting research on the effects of pregnancy on singers.  Take part in her research by responding to her (anonymous) survey available on her website.   On an Overgrown Path reminded...

Monday Link Round Up: December 14, 2015

by | Dec 14, 2015

News to start your week! We can look forward to an excellent Ojai Festival in 2016 with music director Peter Sellars who announced that the festival will feature works by Kaija Saariaho, Caroline Shaw, Pauline Oliveros, Carla Kihlstedt, Sharon Hurvitz, and Tania León....