Tag: League of American Orchestras
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Joan Tower Honored by League of American Orchestras
Congratulations to Joan Tower who will be awarded the Golden Baton at this year’s League of American Orchestras Conference in Nashville, TN (June 3-5)! The Golden Baton is organization’s highest honor. One of Tower’s most well known works, Made in America, was commissioned by a consortium of 65 orchestras throughout the country through the League of…
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NPR on Female Composers At The Symphony (and the lack thereof)
As Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy celebrates the 10th anniversary of our founding, and continues to celebrate the important work of The Women’s Philharmonic, who performed and promoted music by women throughout the 23 years of their existence (1981-2004) we are always happy to hear media attention being given to our central issue, of women composers, and…
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Monday Link Round Up: April 23, 2018
News to start your week! The Guardian has a conversation with conductor Marin Alsop, who, it was just announced, will again be conducting in the 2018 Proms season. A new initiative created by the Sphinx Organization, the New World Symphony, and the League of American Orchestras is working to create more racial diversity in American…
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Monday Link Round Up: June 27, 2016
News to start your week! Dallas Opera Conducting Institute has announced the 2016 participants! The winners this year are: Elizabeth Askren (USA), a graduate of Bard’s Conducting Institute who has been an assistant music director at the Concertgebouw; Mihaela Cesa-Goje (Romania), winner of a 2011 Dudamel Fellowship; Alexandra Cravero (France), who has led several operas…