Monday Link Round Up: September 20, 2021

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...
Monday Link Round Up: June 21, 2021

Monday Link Round Up: June 21, 2021

News and music to start your week! The Chicago Tribune spoke with Missy Mazzoli, pictured above, who is wrapping up her third year as Composer In Residence at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.  She speaks with the Chicago Tribune about what it was like to be a composer...
Monday Link Round Up: June 14, 2021

Monday Link Round Up: June 14, 2021

News and music to start your week! Tremendous congratulations go to Tania León  who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for music for her work entitled Stride.  Commissioned by the New York Philharmonic as part of their 19th Amendment Anniversary commissioning...
Monday Link Round Up: May 31, 2021

Monday Link Round Up: May 31, 2021

News and music to start your week! Marin Alsop, pictured above, is preparing to step down from her position at the Baltimore Symphony.  She spoke to The Washington Post about her history with the orchestra, the glass ceilings that she broke along the way, and the work...
Monday Link Round Up – April 5, 2021

Monday Link Round Up – April 5, 2021

Music and news to start your week! Frank Oteri speaks to composer Pamela Z, pictured above, about her beginnings as a singer songwriter and development into an experimental composer.  Listen to the interview, and read along at NewMusicBox where you can also hear some...