Tag: Laura Karpman
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Monday Link Round Up: January 17, 2022
News and music to start your week! Happy Martin Luther King Day! To commemorate their 10th anniversary, OperaCréole has planned “A celebration of Black Women in classical music and civil rights, from Ida B. Wells to Kamala Harris.” Unfortunately the concert date is “TBD” due to Covid, but it is an inspiration to read about…
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Celebrating Pride in San Francisco
June is LGBTQ Pride Month, and what better way to celebrate than with an excellent concert from an important community organization? The Bay Area Rainbow Symphony, a non-profit organization in San Francisco dedicated to “promoting and supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer identified (LGBTQ) musicians and composers toward the goal of broad crossover appeal and…
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Monday Link Round Up: April 24, 2017
News to start your week! We celebrated Dame Ethel Smyth’s birthday this weekend! Don’t miss the guest blog by Dr. Amy Ziegler and the new recording of Symth’s work. The BBC.com Culture column recognized the life and work of composer, conductor, and music educator Nadia Boulanger. Be sure to read the article, titled The Greatest Music…
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Premieres of Karpman and Saariaho
We’re looking forward to two concerts happening this Thursday from 2014 Performance Grant winners, each of which features a premiere. The Pacific Symphony will be offering the World Premiere of Siren Songs by Laura Karpman. Program notes for the concert are available online, and you can also listen to a concert preview with a sampling of Karpman’s work: …