Tag: Marin Alsop
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Link-Round-up August 8, 2022
Hope your week is off to a great start! The continuing push for women conductors, and Marin Alsop’s role in supporting more recognition, training and opportunities for women in the field is noted in this review of the “Breaking Barriers” Festival at Chicago’s Ravinia. And also this one. Pictured, Laura Jackson, Jeri Lynne Johnson, and…
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Weekly Link Round-Up March 25,
Sorry to be so late with our weekly update! We do want to make sure everyone knows that the Women Composers Festival of Hartford is completely available online (until April 7), and for no fee (donations are encouraged, of course!) The 2022 Ensemble-in-residence Hartford Independent Chamber Orchestra (HICO) features the world premiere of Music Box…
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Monday Link Round Up: January 31, 2022
The new documentary film about Marin Alsop, CONDUCTOR, directed by Bernadette Wegenstein, is earning well-deserved praise and attention. This includes an interview with Alsop on NPR, and a review in the New York Times. But (so far) our favorite response is from The Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Inc. “Alsop has fought tooth and…
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Monday Link Round Up: September 20, 2021
News and music to start your week! Congratulations to Mary Watkins, recipient of Opera America’s Opera Grants for Female Composers! Learn more about her opera Dark River: The Fannie Lou Hammer Story as well as her Emmet Till: The Opera, scheduled for premiere in March 2022. Women Composers Festival of Hartford is back with its latest…