Tag: Mary Watkins
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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…
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Monday Link Round Up: February 1, 2021
News and music to start your week! On the first day of Black History Month (which should be every month) let’s look at Colorado Public Radio’s list of Contemporary Black Composers You Should Know. Included in the list are Valerie Coleman, Jessie Montgomery (pictured above), Quinn Mason (who has guest blogged for us!), Nkeiru Okoye,…
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Monday Link Round Up: September 23, 2019
News and music to start your week! History was made at the Philadelphia Orchestra when they performed Umoja by Valerie Coleman – the first classical work by a living African American woman that they have every performed. Read more at The Philadelphia Inquirer. After last year’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing of Brett Kavanaugh, several composers responded…
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New Work by Mary Watkins
The National Women’s Music Festival is well underway in Middleton, Wisconsin. The coming weekend will bring a full schedule of concerts, workshops, and opportunities to learn, share, and enjoy music by women in virtually every genre. It’s no surprise that the event we are looking forward to the most is the performance by the National…